mason
Builds with brick
A mason is a craftsman who builds with stone or brick.
The work is ancient and skilled—cutting, shaping, and laying stone to create walls, buildings, and monuments.
The mason fitted each stone precisely.
By extension, mason can describe anyone who constructs carefully and deliberately. (Capitalized Mason typically refers to a Freemason or the proper name.)
Tradesperson laying mortared blocks
- stonecutterOne who shapes rock
- builderOne who erects structures
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
journeyman · apprentice · contractor · plasterer · tiler · construction worker · paver · laborer
Grinding bowl or binder
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- chiselEdged carving implement
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
ashlar · keystone · quarry · block · veneer · facade · carving · sculpture
Fired clay building unit
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- repointingRenewing mortar between bricks
bond · course · header · stretcher · quoin · lintel · arch · chimney
Temporary woodland dwelling
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
grandmaster · apron · gavel · compasses · square · temple · chapter · degree
bricklayer
Tradesperson laying mortared blocks
- stonecutterOne who shapes rock
- builderOne who erects structures
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
artisan · journeyman · apprentice · contractor · plasterer · tiler · construction worker · paver · laborer · roughneck
mortar
Grinding bowl or binder
limestone · ashlar · keystone · quarry · block · veneer · facade · carving · sculpture · bas-relief
brick
Fired clay building unit
repointing · bond · course · header · stretcher · quoin · lintel · arch · chimney · fireplace
lodge
Temporary woodland dwelling
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
ceremony · grandmaster · apron · gavel · compasses · square · temple · chapter · degree · order
canning
Airtight food preservation
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- jamCooked fruit spread
- picklesVegetables preserved in brine
jelly · lid · seal · glass · pantry · homemade · fermentation · storage · airtight · pectin
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
- artisanspotter, weaver, blacksmith, cobbler, jeweler
- colonial tradesblacksmith, carpenter, cooper, cobbler, silversmith
- craftsmenblacksmith, carpenter, cobbler, weaver, potter
- job surnamesbaker, barber, butcher, butler, carpenter
- stoneworkersstonecutter, quarryman, quarry worker, lapidary, gem cutter
masoncarpenter
Timber construction tradesperson
woodworker · metalworker · welder · plasterer · joiner
- mason jarGlass container for preserving
- stone masonOne who cuts, shapes stone
- master masonHighest-ranked stone craftsman
- Mason-Dixon lineSurveyed colonial-era state boundary
- stone masonryBuilding with cut rock
- Mason and Dixon lineHistoric survey boundary
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