mason
/ˈmeɪsən/
mason noun: a bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
Noun (1)
mason (plural masons)
- A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
- One who prepares stone for building purposes.
- A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
Verb
mason (third-person singular simple present masons, present participle masoning, simple past and past participle masoned)
Proper noun capitalized: Mason
Mason (countable and uncountable, plural Masons)
- A surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- New Zealand registration officials apparently blocked other questionable names in the past, including Fish and Chips and Sex Fruit, but allowed others, such as Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence. […] I’m fine with the Gavins and the Masons and the Chloes, but the Poppy Honeys and the Banjos and the...2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025
- A town in Effingham County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky.
- A city, the county seat of Ingham County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada.
- A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
- A city in Warren County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
- A ghost town in Butte County, South Dakota.
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- A town in Tipton County, Tennessee.
- A city, the county seat of Mason County, Texas.
- A town in Mason County, West Virginia.
- A town and village therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mason Township.
- Ellipsis of George Mason University
Noun (2) capitalized: Mason
Mason (plural Masons)
- A Freemason.
mason meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
mason in Tamil
- one who builds with stone or brick
- கொத்தன் kottaṉ, கொற்றன் koṟṟaṉ, கொத்தனார் kottaṉār
mason in Marathi
- राजमिस्त्री, मेसन, राजमिस्त्रा
mason in Urdu
- میسن
mason in Bengali
- one who builds with stone or brick
- মিস্ত্রী mistri
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- mason in Telugu
- మేసన్, మాసన్, మేసోన్
- mason in Malayalam
- മേസൺ, മേസനെ
- mason in Kannada
- ಮೇಸನ್, ಮೇಸನ್ಗೆ
- mason in Punjabi
- ਮੈਸਨ, ਮੇਸਨ
- mason in Odia
- ମେସନ୍
- mason in Assamese
- মিস্ত্ৰী mistri
- mason in Nepali
- राजमिस्त्री, मेसोन, राजमिस्त्रि
- mason in Tagalog
- mason, kantero, panday-bato
- mason in Arabic
- بَنَّاء bannāʔ
- mason in Persian
- بنا bannâ
- mason in Vietnamese
- thợ xây, thợ nề, thợ hồ, phụ hồ
- mason in Myanmar
- အုတ်စီသူ utcisu
Examples of mason in a sentence
- They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.
- The masons used rubble from their trimming of the face rocks as some of the hearting for the wall.
- After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar.
Forms of mason
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | masons |
| plural | Masons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | masons |
| present participle | masoning |
| past participle | masoned |
| past | masoned |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Masons |
Origin of mason
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
Words formed from mason
Phrases with mason
- mason jar
- mason bees
- mason jars
- sand mason
- Mason twist
- mason wasps
- mason worms
- mason shells
- Mason twists
- sand mason worms
- Perry Mason moment
- Perry Mason moments
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Words that rhyme with mason
Questions about mason
- What does mason mean?
- Mason means a bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
- What is mason in Tamil?
- Mason in Tamil is கொத்தன் (kottaṉ), கொற்றன் (koṟṟaṉ), கொத்தனார் (kottaṉār). See Mason meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mason?
- Mason can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mason?
- Mason is pronounced /ˈmeɪsən/.
- What is the plural of mason?
- The plural of mason is masons.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mason (page history and authors); Mason (page history and authors); mason (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mason (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mason (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mason (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mason (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mason (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mason (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mason (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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