brickyard

/'brikfi:ld/ Cách viết khác : (brickyard) /'brikjɑ:d/

Thân thiện

A worker stacks newly made bricks in the brickyard.

Definition

Noun: - A place where bricks are manufactured and sold: A brickyard is an industrial site or factory dedicated to the production of bricks from clay or other materials, often including facilities for drying and firing them in kilns.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The old brickyard on the edge of town has been converted into a shopping center.
  • He worked at the brickyard for over twenty years, operating the kiln.
  • The city's historic architecture used bricks produced in the local brickyard.

Advanced Usage

• Historical Context: The term often refers to traditional, sometimes now-defunct, industrial sites that were central to local economies and construction.
  • The museum exhibit details the working conditions in a 19th-century brickyard.

Variants and Related Words

• Brickfield (n): A synonym for brickyard, more commonly used in British English.
  • The new housing estate was built on the site of an old brickfield.
• Brickworks (n): Another synonym, emphasizing the manufacturing plant itself.
  • The brickworks supplied materials for the entire region.

Synonyms

• Brickworks: A factory where bricks are made.
• Brick kiln: Specifically refers to the oven for firing bricks, but can informally refer to the production site.
• Tileworks: A similar facility for making tiles (a related product).

Related Phrases

• To work in a brickyard: To be employed in brick manufacturing.
  • His grandfather used to work in a brickyard.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a place where bricks are made and sold

Từ đồng nghĩa

• brickfield