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brickwork

[brik-wurk] / ˈbrɪkˌwɜrk /
NOUN
brick
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NOUN
masonry
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The device uses a repeating "brickwork" pattern that serves two purposes.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

A few years ago, they considered stripping the paint to reveal the original brickwork of the more than 3,500-square-foot home, hoping to eliminate the need for future repainting.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Under a microscope, most of the heart cockle's shell has a layered structure, with thin plates of aragonite stacked in different orientations, "kind of like fancy brickwork," McCoy said.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

Robbie Mitchell, a reference assistant at the library, said that inside the passageway you could see the brickwork of the library's lower levels and the bridge’s stonework.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2024

Running diagonally across the pool, from the brickwork of the bridge near the opposite bank to a point a little below them on their own side, was a grating of thin, vertical iron rods.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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