brick-field

A worker stacks bricks in a brick-field under the sun.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A place where bricks are made or stored: "brick-field" refers to a site or area, often outdoors, where bricks are manufactured, dried, or stockpiled. It can also denote a brickyard or a brickworks.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The workers loaded the finished bricks onto carts at the brick-field. (The location where bricks are produced or stored.)
  • The old brick-field has been abandoned and is now overgrown with weeds. (A former site for brick-making or storage.)

Advanced Usage

• "to work in a brick-field": to be employed in the manufacturing or handling of bricks.
  • He spent his youth working in a brick-field to support his family. (He laboured at a brick-making site.)

Variants and Related Words

• Brickfield (n): a less common spelling variant of "brick-field," meaning the same thing.

  • The brickfield was located near the clay pit. (The brick-making site.)

• Brickyard (n): a synonym for "brick-field," specifically a yard where bricks are made or stored.

  • The brickyard supplied bricks for many local buildings. (The yard for brick production or storage.)

• Brickworks (n): a factory or industrial plant where bricks are manufactured.

  • The brickworks employed hundreds of workers. (The factory for brick production.)

Synonyms

• Brickyard: a yard for making or storing bricks.
• Brickworks: a place where bricks are manufactured on a larger scale.

Related Idioms

• • "Brick by brick": gradually, step by step (often used figuratively, not specific to brick-fields).

    • He built his business brick by brick. (He built it slowly and methodically.)