What is another word for brickyard?

Pronunciation: [bɹˈɪkjɑːd] (IPA)

A brickyard, also known as a brickworks or brick factory, is a place where bricks are manufactured. The term brickyard comes from the process of making bricks, which involves shaping and firing clay. Synonyms for brickyard include terra cotta works, pottery, ceramics, tile factory, and kiln. Terra cotta works refer to the production of baked clay items commonly used in construction or art, while pottery entails the creation of ceramic objects such as bowls, vases, and plates. Ceramics, as a synonym for brickyard, signifies the large-scale production of high-quality clay-based objects. A tile factory, on the other hand, produces clay tiles for use in buildings or outdoor spaces. Finally, a kiln is typically a small furnace or oven used to fire ceramics or bricks.

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Usage examples for Brickyard

These beautiful little creatures, which sleep between silken covers, and have several servants to wait upon them, and are fed from gold and silver dishes upon rich and elaborately cooked foods, fall victim to as many diseases as their mistresses, and they would be brought to this specialist, who conducted his dog hospital in an old brickyard.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
Mrs. Ricks knew of fifteen who wished to follow their friends that had gone to Ohio, and said she would assist me in going through to Adrian, where Joseph McKenzie had spoken to me for eight or ten strong men for his brickyard.
"A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences"
Laura S. Haviland
We passed the scattered box-like cabins of the brickyard hands, and the long tenement-row facetiously called "The Ark," and were soon in the open country, and on the confines of the great plantations of other days.
"The Souls of Black Folk"
W. E. B. Du Bois

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