noun
Meaning 1
Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stonecutter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈstoʊnˌkʌtɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A machine that is used to cut stone or concrete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who cuts or carves stone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cutter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quarryman, quarrier
History
Etymology
From stone + cutter.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: каменоделец (kamenodelec) — one who cuts stone
- French: tailleur de pierre — one who cuts stone
- French: tailleuse de pierre — one who cuts stone
- German: Steinschneider — one who cuts stone
- German: Steinschneiderin — one who cuts stone
- Ancient Greek: λιθοξόος (lithoxóos) — one who cuts stone
- Ancient Greek: λατόμος (latómos) — one who cuts stone
- Hindi: पत्थरिया (patthariyā) — one who cuts stone
- Hindi: संगतराश (saṅgatrāś) — one who cuts stone
- Hungarian: kőfaragó — one who cuts stone
- Italian: tagliapietre — one who cuts stone
- Italian: lapidario — one who cuts stone
- Italian: scalpellino — one who cuts stone
- Latin: lapicīda — one who cuts stone
- Latin: quadrator — one who cuts stone
- Macedonian: камено́делец (kamenódelec) — one who cuts stone
- Macedonian: камено́резец (kamenórezec) — one who cuts stone
- Norman: pitcheux d'pièrre — one who cuts stone
- Norman: tailleur d'pièrre — one who cuts stone
- Persian: سنگتراش (sang-tarâš) — one who cuts stone
- Romanian: pietrar — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: кле̏са̄р — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: каменоклесар — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: каменоре́зац — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: камѐна̄р — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: klȅsār — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: kamenoklesar — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: kamenorézac — one who cuts stone
- Serbo-Croatian: kamènār — one who cuts stone
- Turkish: taşçı — one who cuts stone
- Ottoman Turkish: طاشجی (taşcı) — one who cuts stone
- Ottoman Turkish: حجار (haccar) — one who cuts stone