stonework
noun
stone·work
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Definition of stonework
Examples of stonework in a Sentence
The stonework on this house is over 100 years old.
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Activities include a draft horse show, donkey and mule show, sheep dog demonstrations, manure pitch contest, demos of spinning and carding wool, stonework, tree identification, and workshops on raising animals. — Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, "Here, there, and everywhere," 3 Sep. 2019 Multi-level living spaces and stonework add to its midcentury-style motif. — Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, "Midcentury-modern Austin home designed by esteemed Texas architect listed at $1.3M," 21 Aug. 2019 Some daily strips take place entirely behind this wall, like the one from Tuesday, May 6, 1958, which has Charlie Brown and Lucy leaning on its even stonework, facing out at the reader, in all four panels. — Nicole Rudick, The New Yorker, "How “Peanuts” Created a Space for Thinking," 6 Aug. 2019 The living room’s fireplace is formal, while the stonework for the family room fireplace sets a more casual tone. — courant.com, "Property of the Week: 5 Stonebridge Lane, West Hartford," 2 Aug. 2019 In temperatures exceeding 800 Celsius (1,472 Fahrenheit), gobbets of fluid metal splashed and contaminated the church’s stonework throughout. — Feargus O'sullivan, WIRED, "The Notre Dame Fire Spread Toxic Lead Dust Over Paris," 1 Aug. 2019 Ligorio basically used Hadrian's Villa as a quarry to provide statuary and decorative stonework for his vision. — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, "Tivoli: Why this Italian city is still Rome's great escape, 2,000 years later," 16 July 2019 From the heavy slate roofs to the plasterwork to the beautiful stonework around the door frames, the emphasis is on permanent materials and an evident architectural framework. — Samantha Swenson, ELLE Decor, "What Is a Tudor-Style House? Here's Everything You Need To Know," 21 June 2019 The Palace of Westminster, a mostly neo-Gothic building that was completed in 1870, had for years endured rusty plumbing, crumbling stonework and sparking electrics. — The Economist, "Parliaments get facelifts; but it is politics that really needs one," 27 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stonework.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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stonework
noun
English Language Learners Definition of stonework
: a structure or part of a structure that is built of stone
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