face brick en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A type of high quality brick used for the fronts of buildings; also, in collective sense, as a type of building material.
I can recall all the small particulars of that disturbing summer night. The blue lamp in front of the face-brick building.
1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 314:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| face bricks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| face-brick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| facebrick | alternative | lexicographic |