stonecutter
/ˈstoʊnˌkʌtɚ/noun
stonecutter is a noun meaning “Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-O-N-E-C-U-T-T-E-R and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of stonecutter is stonecutters.
What does stonecutter mean?
noun
- 1
Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone.
- 2
A machine that is used to cut stone or concrete.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce stonecutter?
- US /ˈstoʊnˌkʌtɚ/
Stonecutter has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-stonecutter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stonecutter
- stonecutters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is stonecutter?
Stonecutter appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Stonecutter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who cuts stone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tailleur de pierre, tailleuse de pierre |
| German | Steinschneider, Steinschneiderin |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stonecutter come from?
From stone + cutter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).