Home › Words › S › stonebreakerstonebreakerstonebreaker means A labourer who breaks stone.EtymologyFrom stone + breaker.nounA labourer who breaks stone.e.g.“In 1908, Argentinian stonebreakers went on what was to become the longest strike in the country’s history.” — 2021, “The Stonebreakers”, in Mubi, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023:A machine for crushing or hammering stone.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.breakerman 70% match — The operator of a breaker (machine for breaking rocks or coal). vs stonebreaker →stonedresser 68% match — A person employed to cut or sharpen stones, e.g. for milling. vs stonebreaker →bonebreaker 68% match — One who or that which breaks bones. vs stonebreaker →stoneworker 68% match — One who produces stonework. vs stonebreaker →blocklayer 66% match — A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface. vs stonebreaker →lapicide 65% match — A stonecutter. vs stonebreaker →squareman 64% match — A stonecutter. vs stonebreaker →brickworker 64% match — Someone who makes bricks or works with bricks vs stonebreaker →