brickyard

See also: brick-yard and brick yard

English

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brickyard

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Alternative forms

• brick yard, brick-yard

Etymology

From brick +‎ yard.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪkˌjɑɹd/

Noun

brickyard (plural brickyards)

1. A place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed.
   • 2007 June 3, Somini Sengupta, “In a New India, an Old Industry Buoys Peasants”, in New York Times‎:

     Since Vanita was a child, the family has roamed the country in search of work — in construction and road-building, and finally, here to this brickyard.

Synonyms

• (place where bricks are made): brickworks

Coordinate terms

• (commodity depots) coalyard, lumberyard, railyard

Translations

factory where bricks are produced or distributed

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