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How to use mason in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun, verb

Mason means a bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick. Example: “They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.”

Examples of mason by meaning

verbTo build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons.

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

More sentences with mason

  • They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.From the entry store
  • The masons used rubble from their trimming of the face rocks as some of the hearting for the wall.From the entry hearting
  • After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar.2021, Christine DePetrillo, Wolf Love, page 172. From the entry vase
  • To assemble, open mason jars and set up on the counter.2014, Jamie Matthews, Mason Jar Desserts: Recipes for Easy, Inexpensive Desserts to Make and Give, KMT Publishers, Inc., Mini Strawberry…. From the entry mason jar
  • Spray the inside of the mason jars with the cooking spray.2013 October 4, Brenda Van Niekerk, Baking in Mason Jars, Lulu.com, →ISBN, Chocolate Orange Brownies. From the entry mason jar
  • Mason learned the speed-demon joys of water jetting with Steve, the world's most responsible water jetter.2008, Lyda Morehouse, Life and Stuff. From the entry jetter
  • The masons laid the brick walls unevenly, leaving unpointed mortar between bricks for a rough-cast texture.2007, Russell Versaci, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home. From the entry unpointed
  • In Valinor, the Elves are masons, gemwrights, and boat-builders, and their wives talented weavers and embroiderers.2005, Ty Rosenthal, The Arts & Crafts Movement and JRR Tolkien - Ansereg. From the entry gemwright
  • Mason had noticed the range of lagers and beers on tap and suggested two Kölschs’ and some potato chips.2022, David M Thomas, The Schneider Papers, Novum, →ISBN. From the entry kölsch
  • Mason jars are great for making kefirs.2015, Kristin Merizalde, Holistic Health Basics: 5 Tips For Achieving Better Health, →ISBN. From the entry kefir
  • Construction-related occupations include blockmakers, potmakers, carpenters, woodhewers, masons, builders and hardware store owners; these activities are all carried out by men.2005, Meine Pieter van Dijk, Roberta Rabellotti, Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries, →ISBN. From the entry woodhewer
  • I watch as the mason at the Gilbert house picks up a glob of parge coat on his trowel.1990 May, Cheryl M. Fiorillo, “Lightweight block, heavyweight insulator”, in Popular Science, volume 236, number 5, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry parge
  • Mason and I had an entirely civil debate about the merits of nullification versus an official "apology" for what had been done to Oppenheimer.2023 July 7, Kai Bird, “Oppenheimer, Nullified and Vindicated”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry nullification
  • Shortly before the strike in London began, his 'bell-horse' had been fined by the masons' union for breaking their regulations on work and price.2014, John Rule, The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850, page 343. From the entry bell-horse
  • Both apple butter and apple jelly, as well as "grapple" (grape-apple) jelly are sitting in little mason jars on the top shelf.1997 July 28, LadyCheron, “A Pawned Pond”, in alt.callahans (Usenet). From the entry grapple
  • Mason grinned and fell in behind.1984, Greg Bear, chapter 11, in Corona, Simon and Schuster, published 2000. From the entry undertone
  • The chimney was built entirely from the inside platforms, the masons working overhanded, and thus no staging was necessary on the outside.1902, William Wallace Chrisite, Chimney Design and Theory: A Book for Engineers and Architects. From the entry overhanded
  • Mason, who was my informant on this subject, he left as a memory of his visit a reputation for mental detachment that was Olympic in its character.1916, Biochemical Bulletin. From the entry Olympic
  • Mason ordered a medium coffee with milk, and Marcie ordered a cup of café mocha to drink there and a large coffee with double sugar and double cream to go.2014, Barry Finlay, The Vanishing Wife, [Ottawa, Ont.]: Keep On Climbing, →ISBN, page 186. From the entry café mocha

Meaning of mason

  1. noun A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
  2. noun One who prepares stone for building purposes.
  3. noun A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

Full definition of mason

Questions about mason in a sentence

How do you use mason in a sentence?
Mason is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.”
What is a short sentence with mason?
“Mason grinned and fell in behind.”
What does mason mean?
Mason means a bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.

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