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brickwork

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brick·work  (brkwûrk)
n.
1. The technique or work of constructing with bricks and mortar.
2. A structure made of bricks.

brickwork [ˈbrɪkˌwɜːk]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a structure, such as a wall, built of bricks
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) construction using bricks
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.brickwork - masonry done with bricks and mortarbrickwork - masonry done with bricks and mortar
masonry - structure built of stone or brick by a mason
nogging - rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame
Translations
brickwork [ˈbrɪkwɜːk] Nenladrillado m, ladrillos mpl
brickwork [ˈbrɪkwɜːrk] nbriquetage m, maçonnerie f
brickwork [ˈbrɪkˌwɜːk] nmuratura in mattoni


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The houses in many parts fell outwards; thus forming in the middle of the streets little hillocks of brickwork and rubbish.
I advanced over the grass, and observed here and there, where the ground rose a little, some moldering fragments of brickwork.
Only, since our last journey thither, the walls had taken a grayer tint, and the brickwork assumed a more harmonious copper tone; the trees had grown, and many that then only stretched their slender branches along the tops of the hedges, now bushy, strong, and luxuriant, cast around, beneath boughs swollen with sap, great shadows of blossoms of fruit for the benefit of the traveler.
 
 
 
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