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brickmaking

American  
[brik-mey-king] / ˈbrɪkˌmeɪ kɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act, process, or occupation of making bricks.


Other Word Forms

  • brickmaker noun

Etymology

Origin of brickmaking

First recorded in 1695–1705; brick + making

Example Sentences

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Children do every step of the brickmaking process.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022

Children are doing every step of the brickmaking process.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

She read about brickmaking and the Este family’s patronage of the arts, and she read Leon Battista Alberti and Cennino Cennini’s treatises on painting.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2015

In return, Ms. Khatun and her three older children, then 10, 12 and 15, promised to work for seven months in a nearby brickmaking factory.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2014

The brickmaking is to begin at once; we shall do something for the building of the new, fire-proof Boston.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)