From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Masonry \Ma"son*ry\, noun [F. ma[,c]onnerie.]
1. The art or occupation of a mason.
2. The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.
3. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. {Dry masonry} is applied to structures made without mortar.
4. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: structure built of stone or brick by a mason
2: Freemasons collectively [syn: {Freemasonry}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "masonry": adobe, ashlar, brick, bricks and mortar, cement, clinker, concrete, covering materials, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flooring, lath and plaster, mortar, pavement, paving, paving material, plasters, prestressed concrete, roofage, roofing, siding, stone, tile, tiling, walling
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