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# mason

«mason» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who builds or works with stone or bricks; also…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mason, masons; a Mason)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mason is a person who builds or works with stone or bricks; also called a stonemason or bricklayer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#m1)

2) A Mason (Freemason) is a member of a secret social club called the Freemasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#m2)

3) Mason is a first name and a family name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history: masons built castles and cathedrals by hand. In everyday life: a mason repairs stone walls. Phrases: stonemason, master mason, Mason jar (US, a glass jar).

### examples

- The mason carved a statue out of stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#x1)
- Medieval masons built the great cathedral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#x2)
- We need a mason to fix the garden wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#x3)
- Mason is the tallest boy in our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#x4)
- Grandma keeps jam in a Mason jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#x5)
- The mason measured each stone carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/#x6)

### note

Countable. Related: masonry (stonework). Capital M for the name and for Freemasons. In maths: a mason laying 200 bricks a day lays 1,000 in 5 days.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mason» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mason/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.