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brickwork

noun/ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/

brickwork: a structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks
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What It Means

A structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks.

The quality of the construction of a brick structure.

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Brickwork in Context

“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, page 69

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From brick + -work.

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