Glossary
Stonemason Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential stonemason terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key stonemason vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in stonemason training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Apprenticeship
- Paid structured training.
- Ashlar
- Cut, squared stone.
- Bed
- Horizontal joint.
- Blueprint
- Construction drawing.
- Course
- One row.
- Dry stack
- Wall without mortar.
- Journeyman
- Fully trained worker.
- Lime mortar
- Soft historic mortar.
- Mortar
- Bonding mix.
- OSHA
- Workplace safety agency.
- Pointing
- Finishing joints.
- Punch list
- Final fix list.
- Repointing
- Replacing old mortar.
- Rubble
- Rough stone.
- Veneer
- Thin stone facing.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Stonemason practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Stonemason training.
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