brickyard

noun

brick·​yard ˈbrik-ˌyärd How to pronounce brickyard (audio)
: a place where bricks are made

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The family lived in a small house behind a mercadito that her godmother owned in Barrio Simons, a neighborhood in what’s now Montebello that stood next to one of the biggest brickyards in the world. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023 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 The museum is on the site of an old brickyard and plantation where enslaved laborers once worked, so Benjamin built his structure out of black bricks. Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 7 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for brickyard 

Word History

First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brickyard was in 1618

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“Brickyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brickyard. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.

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