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brick veneer

brick veneer noun: a building construction technique in which an external, non-structural, brick wall conceals a structural wall of another material (such as timber or steel); the layer of covering thus produced.

Noun

brick veneer (countable and uncountable, plural brick veneers)

  1. A building construction technique in which an external, non-structural, brick wall conceals a structural wall of another material (such as timber or steel); the layer of covering thus produced.
    • The front has a brick veneer, and the back is sided in clapboard.
    • Many home buyers like the low maintenance and quality look of a brick veneer home. The veneer will never need painting; it will protect the house from wind (Figure 1); and if the work is done right, the veneer will last the lifetime of the house.1997, Steven Bliss, Troubleshooting Guide to Residential Construction, page 74
  2. (metonymically, uncommon) A building with such a veneer.
    • PRIMROSE CHAPEL DEDICATION. Primrose Chapel was organized 54 years ago. Those who organized it and stood faithfully by it in its infancy have nearly all passed to their heavenly reward. The old frame building served well its day and generation, but it had grown insufficient in capacity to...1921 November 3, “News of the churches [column]”, in Arkansas Methodist, volume 40, number 43, page 14

brick veneer meaning in Tamil

brick veneer in Tamil

செங்கல் மேலொட்டுமானம்

Forms of brick veneer

pluralbrick veneers

Questions about brick veneer

What does brick veneer mean?
Brick veneer means a building construction technique in which an external, non-structural, brick wall conceals a structural wall of another material (such as timber or steel); the layer of covering thus produced.
What is brick veneer in Tamil?
Brick veneer in Tamil is செங்கல் மேலொட்டுமானம். See Brick veneer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brick veneer?
Brick veneer is a noun.
What is the plural of brick veneer?
The plural of brick veneer is brick veneers.

Words near brick veneer in the dictionary

  1. brick stamps
  2. brick stitch
  3. brick stitches
  4. brick toast
  5. brick up
  6. brick veneer
  7. brick veneers
  8. brick venereal disease
  9. brick wall
  10. brick walled
  11. brick walling

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