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brickwork

/ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/

brickwork noun: a structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks.

brickwork: a structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks
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Noun

brickwork (uncountable)

  1. A structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks.
    • The two lower rows of tubes at each end pier were then drilled through to the extrados of the brickwork to act as weep holes and assist in the drainage from the backs of the arches.1954 January, “Strengthening of Coquet Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 19
    • The chimney, built in brickwork, was to be plastered on the inside several feet from where the fireplace was to be.1995, Fred Archer, “Sapper, a Master Plasterer”, in The Cuckoo Pen: Tales of English Village Life Between the Wars, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Publising, →ISBN, page 69
  2. The quality of the construction of a brick structure.

brickwork meaning in Tamil

brickwork in Tamil

கொற்று

Examples of brickwork in a sentence

  • Floor joints are underwrapped at the point of entry into the brickwork to afford complete protection.
  • An eccentric artist friend of mine lives in a loft conversion that features a lot of unusual brickwork and glass ornamentation.
  • Some have small oriel windows in oval shapes resting on corbeled brickwork, laid in rows that gradually project from the facade.

All 10 example sentences with brickwork

Origin of brickwork

From brick + -work.

Words formed from brickwork

Questions about brickwork

What does brickwork mean?
Brickwork means a structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks.
What is brickwork in Tamil?
Brickwork in Tamil is கொற்று. See Brickwork meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brickwork?
Brickwork is a noun.
How do you pronounce brickwork?
Brickwork is pronounced /ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/ (US).

Words near brickwork in the dictionary

  1. brickwall
  2. brickwalls
  3. brickwise
  4. brickwit
  5. brickwits
  6. brickwork
  7. brickworker
  8. brickworkers
  9. brickworks
  10. bricky
  11. brickyard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brickwork (page history and authors); brickwork (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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