brickyard

noun

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

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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 See All Example Sentences for brickyard

Word History

First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined above

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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 8 Jul. 2026.

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