Dictionary

brickyard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɪkˌjɑɹd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From brick + yard.

Meanings

1. 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 Times:

Forms

Coordinates

lumberyard · railyard · coalyard (commodity depots)

Synonyms

brickfield (place where bricks are, or were made, in the open) · brickworks (place where bricks are manufactured)

Translations (18)

pl cegielnia (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · et tellisetehas (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · sh опекарна (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · nl steenbakkerij (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · grc πλινθουργεῖον (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · es tejar (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · ro cărămidărie (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · gu ઈંટવાડો (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · cs cihelna (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · ca bòbila (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · sh циглана (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · it mattonaia (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · de Ziegelei (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · ca rajoleria (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · fr briqueterie (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · grc πλινθεῖον (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · sh ciglana (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) · sh opekarna (factory where bricks are produced or distributed)