"face brick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: face bricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} face brick (countable and uncountable, plural face bricks)
  1. A type of high quality brick used for the fronts of buildings; also, in collective sense, as a type of building material. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Building materials Synonyms: facebrick, face-brick
    Sense id: en-face_brick-en-noun-KDqvks1h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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