brickyard

noun

brick·​yard ˈbrik-ˌyärd 

: a place where bricks are made

Examples of brickyard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The structure is still comprised of its original brick walls, which were made with mud from Nathaniel Kellum's brickyard. — Robin Soslow, Chron, 5 May 2023

In 1842, the vocational school opened, followed by a mill, brickyard, farm and church, to encourage self-reliance and education. — Natalie Preddie, Washington Post, 23 June 2022

Their compound is near the capital, Dhaka, along a highway of brickyards and rice paddies, and not in the countryside where violent seizures of land often go unheralded. — Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025

In October, after more than five months of searching, Michelle forwarded a Scrim sighting a few blocks from my house, near a quiet brickyard that Tammy suspected of being his lair. — David W. Brown, New Yorker, 5 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for brickyard

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard
• disbarred