brickyard

See also: brick-yard and brick yard

English

Alternative forms

• brick yard, brick-yard

Etymology

From brick +‎ yard.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪkˌjɑɹd/

Noun

brickyard (plural brickyards)

1. A place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed.
   • 2007 June 3, Somini Sengupta, “In a New India, an Old Industry Buoys Peasants”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

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

Coordinate terms

• (commodity depots) coalyard, lumberyard, railyard

Translations

factory where bricks are produced or distributed

• Catalan: bòbila (ca) f, rajoleria (ca) f
• Czech: cihelna (cs) f
• Dutch: steenbakkerij (nl) f
• Estonian: tellisetehas
• French: briqueterie (fr)
• German: Ziegelei (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πλινθεῖον n (plintheîon), πλινθουργεῖον n (plinthourgeîon)

• Gujarati: ઈંટવાડો (ī̃ṭavāḍo)
• Italian: mattonaia f
• Polish: cegielnia (pl) f
• Romanian: cărămidărie (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: циглана f, опекарна f

  Latin: ciglana (sh) f, opekarna f

• Spanish: tejar (es) m