brickwork

[brik-wurk]

noun

1. brick construction, as contrasted with that using other materials.

brickwork

/ ˈbrɪkˌwɜːk /

noun

1. a structure, such as a wall, built of bricks

2. construction using bricks

Word History and Origins

Origin of brickwork¹

First recorded in 1570–80; brick + work

Example Sentences

Anti-social behaviour at Caerleon's Amphitheatre and Barracks has seen graffiti, the heat from barbecues damaging Roman brickwork and even a burnt-out motorbike left at the site.

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"The observatory is astronomy, it is also meteorology, and after many years I feel like I'm part of the brickwork."

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Before choosing to build at the former brickworks, the company had considered other locations across Europe.

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There are dark stains on the outer walls of Dean Carpenter's new-build home and when it rains, he says, sheets of water cascade down the brickwork.

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The finale of the novel is set in ruined brickworks on the Humber foreshore – a location transplanted to Hartlepool in the film.

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Related Words

• cinder block 
• slab 
• stone