Dictionary entry

Sumac

Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːmak/

Pronunciation

/ˈs(j)uːmak/

Myanmar Meaning

ဟင်းခတ်အမွှေးအကြိုင်အဖြစ် အသုံးပြုရသော ကန်တော့ပုံ အနီရောင် အသီးများသီးသည့် ခြုံပင်။ အညိုရောင် ဆိုးရာတွင် ၊ သားရေနယ်ရာတွင် သုံးသည့် ၎င်း၏ ရွက်ခြောက်သော အမှုံ့ကြိတ်ထားသော။

Definition

stonemason /'stǝƱnmeÇsn/ n ေက်ာက္ဆစ္သမား။ ေက်ာက္ေရြ သမား။

Examples

  1. ‘No masonry has fallen from St Martin's but stonemasons carrying out routine repairs raised concerns about potential damage in the light of the fatal accident and the bad weather forecast for the coming weekend.’
  2. ‘Scaffolding is being put up so stonemasons can begin work on the tower and spire in about three weeks.’
  3. ‘But the stonemasons who built the small parish church in Skelton invested it with the same love and care as they had lavished on York's cathedral.’
  4. ‘While in high school in the late 1940s
  5. Stephen worked summers with his father
  6. who was a stonemason and bricklayer.’
  7. ‘There were blacksmiths
  8. carpenters and stonemasons who built and repaired dwellings.’
  9. ‘Civil engineers
  10. stonemasons
  11. sculptors
  12. hard landscapers
  13. and plumbing and heating engineers are among the firm's list of clients.’
  14. ‘Their origins as a firm of stonemasons can be seen in the quality of their stonework
  15. which was described as second to none.’
  16. ‘The damage was discovered by stonemasons carrying out the renovation when they arrived for work on Thursday morning.’
  17. ‘He lived for 20 years in Phoenix
  18. Arizona
  19. where he worked as a stonemason
  20. often at the artistic end of masonry.’
  21. ‘Last week stonemasons were working on the surrounding drystone walls in preparation for the unveiling.’
  22. ‘We did use local stonemasons
  23. but I had to teach them how to build the two-foot-thick walls in a particular style.’
  24. ‘Edinburgh has us to thank for the beautiful buildings in the city which were designed and built by stonemasons
  25. in the days before architects.’
  26. ‘The temple
  27. the first to be built in America entirely from stone
  28. is taking shape with seven master stonemasons in residence.’
  29. ‘The area was immediately cleared and scaffolding erected to enable stonemasons to examine the cause of the problem and assess what needs to be done.’
  30. ‘Supported by other construction workers
  31. stonemasons working on the quadrangle of the new University of Melbourne marched to the site of Parliament House on 21 April 1856.’
  32. ‘Neighbours say the tight-knit village has been shocked to hear of the death of the self-employed stonemason and walling contractor.’
  33. ‘Behind the screen workmen have already gutted the inside of the former church
  34. the roof is being stripped of damaged tiles and stonemasons are cleaning stones and removing badly eroded ones for replacement.’
  35. ‘Built in 1772 by a local stonemason
  36. it had ended up being used as a boys' prep school.’
  37. ‘The restoration business needed additional stonemasons and bricklayers
  38. but not full time.’
  39. ‘James
  40. a 26-year-old trainee organic farmer
  41. and Tom a mature stonemason
  42. both want to build their own homes without being saddled with a mortgage.’