石材
Meanings
1
stone; building stone
Refers to stone as a construction material, such as blocks, slabs, or cut stone used in buildings, monuments, and masonry.
This building is made of local stone.
Cutting and transporting stone is hard labor.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉に石材を使うto use stone as a building material for something
Sturdy stone material was used for this bridge.
- 石材で〈物〉を造るto build something out of stone material
The craftsman made a beautiful sculpture out of stone.
- 石材を切り出すto quarry stone (cut it out of the ground)
Stone has been quarried from this mountain since ancient times.
- 石材を加工するto process/finish stone material (cutting, polishing, etc.)
This factory processes stone to make gravestones.