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brickwork

[ brik-wurk ]

noun

  1. brick construction, as contrasted with that using other materials.


brickwork

/ ˈ²ú°ùɪ°ìËŒ·Éɜ˰ì /

noun

  1. a structure, such as a wall, built of bricks
  2. construction using bricks
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Origin of brickwork1

First recorded in 1570–80; brick + work
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There are dark stains on the outer walls of Dean Carpenter's new-build home and when it rains, he says, sheets of water cascade down the brickwork.

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The finale of the novel is set in ruined brickworks on the Humber foreshore – a location transplanted to Hartlepool in the film.

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Oksana, another resident, sent the BBC photos of her destroyed apartment, with the windows blown in and glass and brickwork strewn across the floors.

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Some of Mr Iliffe's neighbours also suffered damage to their properties - with other aerials destroyed, brickwork damaged, roof tiles blown off, and one with the windows blown out of his greenhouse.

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Under a microscope, most of the heart cockle's shell has a layered structure, with thin plates of aragonite stacked in different orientations, "kind of like fancy brickwork," McCoy said.

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