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bricklay

/ˈbɹɪkˌleɪ/

bricklay verb: to lay brick; to use mortar to construct a structure using bricks.

Verb

bricklay (third-person singular simple present bricklays, present participle bricklaying, simple past and past participle bricklaid)

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard, rare) To lay brick; to use mortar to construct a structure using bricks.
    Synonyms:
    lay brick
    Antonyms:
    debrick

Synonyms of bricklay

  • lay brick

Antonyms

Forms of bricklay

third-person singular presentbricklays
present participlebricklaying
past participlebricklaid
pastbricklaid

Origin of bricklay

Back-formation from bricklaying and bricklayer, themselves from the phrasal verb lay brick. By surface analysis, brick + lay.

Questions about bricklay

What does bricklay mean?
Bricklay means to lay brick; to use mortar to construct a structure using bricks.
What part of speech is bricklay?
Bricklay is a verb.
How do you pronounce bricklay?
Bricklay is pronounced /ˈbɹɪkˌleɪ/.
What is the past tense of bricklay?
The past tense of bricklay is bricklaid.

Words near bricklay in the dictionary

  1. brickings
  2. brickish
  3. brickkiln
  4. brickkilns
  5. bricklaid
  6. bricklay
  7. bricklayer
  8. bricklayer's itch
  9. bricklayers
  10. bricklaying
  11. bricklayings

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