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Definition: Stonework |
StoneworkNoun1. Masonry done with stone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stonework" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. All underground work involving the excavation, loading, or handling of rock or dirt, such as ripping, dinting, tunneling, packing, etc. In thin coal seams, stonework is a major cost item. See also:dead wor b. The process of working in stone; the shaping, preparation, or settingof stone. (references) |
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Crosswords: Stonework |
| English words defined with "stonework": Bar tracery ♦ Float stone ♦ Pick dressing ♦ Random work, Rockwork, Roughsetter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stonework": block maker, Buttress Dam ♦ CONCRETE-STONE FINISHER, CONTOUR GRINDER ♦ gang filler, grouter, guillotine cutter ♦ lathe operator ♦ MEMORIAL DESIGNER ♦ painter, set, PAINTER, STAGE SETTINGS, profile grinder ♦ ROCK SPLITTER ♦ sawsetter, shag boss, SLAB GRINDER, slate cutter, SPLITTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, stone crane operator, stone polisher, STONE-DRILLER HELPER, STONE-LATHE OPERATOR, stoneman ♦ tool grinder ♦ wire sawyer. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The stonework of the tomb of Caeciliae Metilae Crassi, Via Appia Antico-- ; "Caracole" of Chichinitza [sic], Yucatan ; Tombs of Cecilia Metella, Via Appia Antico, Rome. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Trinty Stonework" by Eoghan Mcnally Commentary: "The top of some building inTrinity College." | "Stonework 3" by Matt Williams Commentary: "Ruined ancient stonework at Trim Castle, Ireland." |
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| "Stonework" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stonework" is used about 157 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 157 | 25,059 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stonework | 50 |
build by easy garden outdoor over patio project step step stonework twenty | 9 |
architectural stonework | 3 |
stonework tool | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stonework"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | punime guri. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | каменоделство, каменна зидария. (various references) | |
Chinese | 石制品. (various references) | |
Czech | kamenné zdivo. (various references) | |
Farsi | کارخانه سنگ بری , ساختمان سنگی . (various references) | |
German | mauerwerk (brickwork, masonry, shell, walls). (various references) | |
Greek | χτίσιμο (build up), εργασία με λίθουσ, λιθοδομή (masonry). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kőfaragó munka, kőfaragás, kőfalazat. (various references) | |
Italian | lavoro in muratura. (various references) | |
Korean | 석조. (various references) | |
Manx | seyirsnys chloaie, obbyr chloaie. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oneworkstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | silharia, trabalho em pedra, imposição (advantage, obligation, promissory), cantaria. (various references) | |
Russian | каменная кладка (masonry). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kameni zidarski rad. (various references) | |
Spanish | obra de sillería, cantería. (various references) | |
Swedish | stenarbete. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кам'яне мурування. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nghề thợ nề. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 18 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cedro omnis domus intrinsecus vestiebatur habens tornaturas suas et iuncturas fabrefactas et celaturas eminentes omnia cedrinis tabulis vestiebantur nec omnino lapis apparere poterat in pariete |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And with cedre al the hows with ynforth was clothid, hauynge his turnours, and his iuncturis forgid, and grauyngis ouerbeynge; alle with cedre tablis thei weren clothid, ne algatis a stoone myyte apere in the wal. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the cedar of the house within was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | (All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.) |
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| Language | 1 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Ug may cedro sa balay dapit sa sulod, kinulitan uban sa mga putot ug mga bukad nga bulak: ang tanan cedro; walay bato nga nakita. |
| Croatian | A po cedrovini unutar Hrama bijahu urezani ukrasi - pleteri od pupoljaka i cvijeæa; sve je bilo od cedrovine i nigdje se nije vidio kamen. |
| Danish | Templet var indvendig dækket med Cedertræ, udskåret Arbejde i Form af Agurker og Blomsterkranse; alt var af Cedertræ, ikke en Sten var at se. |
| Dutch | En het ceder aan het huis inwendig was gesneden met knoppen en open bloemen; het was al ceder, geen steen werd gezien. |
| Finnish | Ja temppeli oli sisäpuolelta setripuuta, koristettu metsäkurpitsi- ja kukkakiehkura-leikkauksilla; kaikki oli setripuuta, kiveä ei näkynyt. |
| French | Le bois de cèdre à l`intérieur de la maison offrait des sculptures de coloquintes et de fleurs épanouies; tout était de cèdre, on ne voyait aucune pierre. |
| German | Inwendig war das ganze Haus eitel Zedern mit gedrehten Knoten und Blumenwerk, daß man keinen Stein sah. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tembok bagian dalam seluruh rumah itu dilapisi dengan kayu cemara Libanon, sehingga batu-batu temboknya tidak kelihatan sama sekali. Lapisan itu dihiasi dengan ukiran buah labu dan bunga-bunga mekar. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kayu araz yang pada sebelah dalam rumah itu semuanya berukiran kuntum-kuntum terkuncup dan bunga-bunga berkembang, semuanya kayu araz, barang sebuah batupun tiada kelihatan. |
| Italian | Il cedro all'interno del tempio era scolpito a rosoni e a boccioli di fiori; tutto era di cedro e non si vedeva una pietra. |
| Maori | A he hita i roto i te whare, he mea whakairo ki te rapupuku, ki te puawai kowhera: he hita katoa; kahore he kohatu i kitea. |
| Norwegian | Innvendig var huset prydet med utskjæringer i sedertre - kolokvinter og utsprungne blomster; alt sammen var sedertre, der var ingen sten å se. |
| Portuguese | O cedro da casa por dentro era lavrado de botões e flores abertas; tudo era cedro; pedra nenhuma se via. |
| Rumanian | Lemnul de cedru din lquntru avea sqpqturi de colocinyi, wi flori deschise; totul era de cedru, nu se vedea nicio piatrq. |
| Spanish | El templo estaba revestido por dentro con cedro, con bajorrelieves de calabazas y de flores abiertas. Todo era de cedro, y no se veía ninguna piedra. |
| Swedish | Och innantill hade huset en beläggning av cederträ med utsirningar i form av gurkfrukter och blomsterband; alltsammans var där av cederträ, ingen sten syntes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stonework": stoneworks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-k-n-o-o-r-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: kotowers, networks. | |
-2 letters: enroots, knowers, kotower, network, snooker, stooker, swooner. | |
-3 letters: enroot, knower, kotows, kroons, nestor, nooser, noters, owners, resown, retook, rowens, sooner, stoker, stoner, strewn, stroke, strook, strown, tenors, tensor, tokens, tokers, toners, torose, towers, trokes, trones, wooers, worsen, worset. | |
-4 letters: enows, kenos, kerns, knots, knows, kotos, kotow, krone, kroon, nerts, newts, nooks. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-k-n-o-o-r-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: downstroke, stoneworks. | |
+2 letters: downstrokes. | |
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