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Word entry · 5 letters

mason

Best crossword clue

"Brick worker"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈmeɪsən/Part of speech nounSorted amnosStarts with MEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a craftsman who works with stone or brick

Word origin

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).

Used in a sentence

  • to mason up a well or terrace
  • to mason in a kettle or boiler

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Brick worker5 letters
02Stoneworker5 letters

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