mason

MAY-suhn/ˈmeɪsən/

Pluralmasons

Verbmasons, masoning, masoned

4 meanings of mason

1
nouncountable
A worker who builds things with stone or bricks.
The mason built a low stone wall around the garden.
We hired two masons to fix the old chimney.
Similarstonemason, bricklayer
2
nouncountable
A member of a group called the Freemasons.
My grandfather was a mason and went to lodge meetings every month.
The masons held a dinner at their lodge to raise money for the hospital.
SimilarFreemason
3
nouncountable
A worker who gets stone ready to be used for building.
The mason cut each block of stone to the right size.
In the yard, masons were shaping stones for the new church.
Similarstonemason, stonecutter
4
verbtransitive
To build stone or brick walls around, under, or over something.
They masoned up the old well with new stones.
We need to mason in the boiler so it stays safe.
Similarwall, brick

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Origin

It came through French from a Late Latin word for a carpenter or bricklayer, which came from a Frankish word meaning “maker” or “builder”.