stonework
/stohn-wurk/US // ˈstoʊnˌwɜrk //UK // (ˈstəʊnˌwɜːk) //
石工,石材工程,石器工程,石材作业
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- : the techniques, processes, work, or art of dressing, setting, or designing in stone.
- : Usually stoneworks. a place where stone is dressed, as for building.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as instone
as inmasonry
Examples
It is a common practice in erecting buildings with a facing of Kentish rag rubble to back up the stonework with bricks.
The name "brick-ashlar" is given to walls faced with ashlar stonework backed in with brickwork.
In one place part of the stonework of the graves stretches out over the sandy pathway far below.
At the foot of these trees water, blue as indigo on wash day, lashed itself into a white fury against the stonework of the pier.
The stonework is now of a greenish-grey tone, but in the shadows there is generally a look of blue.
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