Definition

1. Noun:
   • Unfired brick, raw brick: "gạch mộc" refers to a brick that has been molded into shape but has not yet been fired or baked in a kiln. It is a primary material in traditional construction, often made from clay or earth.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau khi đóng khuôn, những viên gạch mộc được phơi khô dưới nắng trước khi đem nung. (After molding, the unfired bricks are dried in the sun before being fired.)
  • Ngôi nhà truyền thống này được xây bằng gạch mộc và bùn. (This traditional house was built with unfired bricks and mud.)

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Construction Context: The term is used specifically in construction, ceramics, and traditional architecture to distinguish raw, sun-dried bricks from their fired counterparts.
  • Quy trình sản xuất gồm ba giai đoạn: nhào đất sét, đóng khuôn thành gạch mộc, và cuối cùng là nung trong lò. (The production process includes three stages: kneading clay, molding into unfired bricks, and finally firing in a kiln.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gạch (n): Brick. The general term.
• Gạch nung / Gạch chín (n): Fired brick. The finished product after "gạch mộc" is baked.
• Gạch sống (n): Another, less common term for "gạch mộc" (raw brick).

Synonyms

• Adobe (n): A building material made from earth and organic materials, similar in concept to sun-dried "gạch mộc".
• Sun-dried brick (n): A direct descriptive synonym.

Related Phrases/Compounds

• Xây bằng gạch mộc: To build with unfired bricks.
  • Nhiều công trình cổ xưa được xây bằng gạch mộc vẫn còn tồn tại đến ngày nay. (Many ancient structures built with unfired bricks still exist today.)