Meanings
plural brickyards · alternative brick yard · alternative brick-yard
- A place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed.
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.
2007 June 3, Somini Sengupta, “In a New India, an Old Industry Buoys Peasants”, in New York TimesSynonyms: brickworks, brickfield
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed.
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek πλινθεῖον, πλινθουργεῖον
- πλινθεῖον (plintheîon)factory where bricks are produced or distributed
- πλινθουργεῖον (plinthourgeîon)factory where bricks are produced or distributed
Catalan bòbila, rajoleria
- bòbilafactory where bricks are produced or distributed
- rajoleriafactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Czech cihelna
- cihelnafactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Dutch steenbakkerij
- steenbakkerijfactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Estonian tellisetehas
- tellisetehasfactory where bricks are produced or distributed
French briqueterie
- briqueteriefactory where bricks are produced or distributed
German Ziegelei
- Ziegeleifactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Italian mattonaia
- mattonaiafactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Polish cegielnia
- cegielniafactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Romanian cărămidărie
- cărămidăriefactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Spanish tejar
- tejarfactory where bricks are produced or distributed
Ukrainian цеге́льня
- цеге́льня (cehélʹnja)factory where bricks are produced or distributed
Cite this entry
brickyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brickyard
“brickyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brickyard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brickyard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brickyard.
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