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Brick

A brick is a type of building material used to build walls, pavements, and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes a unit primarily composed of clay, but it is now also used informally to denote building units made of other materials or other chemically cured construction blocks.

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Brick

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Edges219
Triples291
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009091
Components1

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Brick

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related to Gallery · 69
Brick → All Angels Church, Ancient StupaIshtar Gate, Babylon, Berlin, Blantyre, Bogotá, Bricks, Bristol, Cali, Cambridge, Chile, ChinaThe, ColombiaA, ColombiaFES Building, Decorative, Dutch, England, FinlandA, Foraine, France
related to Further reading · 63
Brick → Andrew, Aragus, Architecture, Bhargab Mohan, Bibliothèque, Bricks, Brickwork, Brique, Building Materials, Campbell, Casa, Civil Engineering, Clay Bricks, Coomands, CS1, CTTB, Das, Design, Elements, English Brickwork
related to Europe · 27
Brick → An, Ancient Greeks, By, Caracalla, CE, Denmark, During, Early, Early Middle Ages, East Prussia, Examples, Germany, Gothic, Herculaneum, Kaliningrad, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Northwestern Italy, Notable, Poland
related to Industrial era · 22
Brick → Atlas Works, Bradley, Craven, Craven Ltd, England, Folkestone, For, Haverstraw, Henry Clayton, His, Industrial Revolution, It, London, Middlesex, New York, Production, Richard, South Eastern Railway Company, Stiff-Plastic Brickmaking Machine, The
related to China · 15
Brick → According, AD, BC, By, Chengtoushan, Daxi, For, Hollow, Lukas Nickel, Neolithic China, Proper, Qujialing, Songyue Pagoda, The, These
see also · 14
Brick → Ancient Roman, Archaeological, Autoclaved, British, Building, Building System, Carthaginian, Combination, Form, Lightweight, List, Masonry, Roman, Use
related to Optimal dimensions, characteristics, and strength · 12
Brick → Bricks, Dutch, English, For, Gdansk, Green Gate, Historically, In, Nowadays, Russian, The, This
related to Accessibility · 9
Brick → ADA, Board, Due, Federal Highway Administration, Market Street, San Francisco, Some US, The Brick Industry Association, The United States Access
related to Limitations · 7
Brick → During, Earthquakes, However, Long Beach, Retrofitting, San Francisco, Starting
related to Middle East and South Asia · 7
Brick → Anatolia, BC, Diyarbakir, Mudbrick, Tell Aswad, The, Tigris

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bricks clay fired use made used building concrete materials construction bc blocks also century using one kiln walls water london

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Brickis atype of building material used to build walls0.90text
straw.Bricks are laid in coursesinstance ofand have an additional ingredient of a mechanical binder0.80text
numerous patterns known as bondsinstance ofand have an additional ingredient of a mechanical binder0.80text
collectively known as brickworkinstance ofand have an additional ingredient of a mechanical binder0.80text
and may be laid in various kinds of mortar to hold the bricks together to make a durable structureinstance ofand have an additional ingredient of a mechanical binder0.80text
the Hanging Gardens of Babyloninstance ofbricks were the construction materials for architectural wonders0.80text
where glazed fired bricks were put into practice.ChinaThe earliest fired bricks appeared in Neolithic China around 4400 BC at Chengtoushaninstance ofbricks were the construction materials for architectural wonders0.80text
a walled settlement of the Daxi cultureinstance ofbricks were the construction materials for architectural wonders0.80text
where glazed fired bricks were put into practiceinstance ofbricks were the construction materials for architectural wonders0.80text
chopped strawinstance ofcombined with tempers and binding agents0.80text
grassesinstance ofcombined with tempers and binding agents0.80text
tree barkinstance ofcombined with tempers and binding agents0.80text

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