MASON
What does "MASON" mean?
A skilled worker who builds with stone, brick, or concrete.
Meanings
- A craftsperson who cuts, lays, and shapes stone or brick to build walls and structures. The mason fitted each block without a drop of mortar showing.
- A member of the Freemasons, a fraternal organization. His grandfather was a Mason and wore the ring proudly.
Word origin
From Old French 'masson' (stoneworker), of Germanic origin, related to a root meaning to make or cut; the fraternal 'Freemason' sense grew from medieval guilds of stoneworkers.
Remember it
A MASON makes a SO-lid wall, stone on stone - hear 'MAY SUN' warming the bricks he lays.
A little poem
He reads the grain before he strikes-
where the stone wants to break, he lets it,
and the wall stands because he listened.
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Wordplay
- The mason never gossips. Anything you tell him, he takes for granite.
What it teaches
Lasting work is patient: a mason trusts that a true line laid today still holds a roof in a hundred years.
Quick facts
What does MASON mean?
A skilled worker who builds with stone, brick, or concrete.
Is MASON a valid word?
Yes — MASON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MASON?
MASON has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MASON come from?
From Old French 'masson' (stoneworker), of Germanic origin, related to a root meaning to make or cut; the fraternal 'Freemason' sense grew from medieval guilds of stoneworkers.
What can MASON teach us?
Lasting work is patient: a mason trusts that a true line laid today still holds a roof in a hundred years.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.