"brickwork" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-brickwork.wav
Etymology: From brick + -work. Etymology templates: {{af|en|brick|-work}} brick + -work Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} brickwork (uncountable)
  1. A structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Bricks Translations (structure made of brick): Mauerwerk [neuter] (German), latericium [neuter] (Latin), murverk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), murverk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wątek [masculine] (Polish), wiązanie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-brickwork-en-noun-4GiJ~H~d Disambiguation of Bricks: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -work, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -work: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'structure made of brick': 79 21
  2. The quality of the construction of a brick structure. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Bricks
    Sense id: en-brickwork-en-noun-mHYE7rXe Disambiguation of Bricks: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brickworks
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