brickwork

[ brik-wurk ]

/ ˈbrɪkˌwɜrk /

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noun

brick construction, as contrasted with that using other materials.

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Origin of brickwork

First recorded in 1570–80; brick + work

Words nearby brickwork

bricks and clicks, bricks and mortar, bricks shy of a load, bricktop, brick veneer, brickwork, bricky, brickyard, bricolage, bricole, BRICs

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How to use brickwork in a sentence

Since then, grand, multi-story structures adorned with mosaic domes and elegant brickwork began to spring up around the turn of the century as the popularity of the baths soared.
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The building would be easy to overlook, as it’s unadorned brickwork offers no clues to its radical past.
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The boiler was of wrought iron, built in brickwork, and looked like a big kitchen-boiler.
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Flat or flush joints (A) are formed by pressing the protruding mortar back flush with the face of the brickwork.
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Footings, as will be seen on reference to fig. 1, are the wide courses of brickwork at the base or foot of a wall.
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Arches in brickwork may be classed under three heads: plain arches, rough-cut and gauged.
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The joints are usually made equal in width to those of the ordinary brickwork.
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British Dictionary definitions for brickwork

brickwork

/ (ˈbrɪkˌwɜːk) /

noun

a structure, such as a wall, built of bricks

construction using bricks

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