Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brickworks

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: brick-works
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where bricks are manufactured, particularly organised as a factory.

Example Sentences

"In addition the Marquess built a brickworks adjacent to the colliery, and also greatly improved the harbour to encourage coastal shipping. A new tramway was laid from the colliery and brickworks to the harbour, using many of the materials from the earlier, now abandoned, railway. […] A short branch ran northwards from the brickworks to an extensive clay pit in which there was a considerable network of sidings."

Etymology

From brick + works.

Frequently Paired Words

brickwork works § Hyponyms

Synonyms

brickyard brick factory

Questions

What does brickworks mean?: A place where bricks are manufactured, particularly organised as a factory.
Where does brickworks come from?: From brick + works.

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