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brick
Also known as bricks
thumb|A single brick thumb|A wall constructed in glazed-headed Flemish bond brickwork pattern, with various shades and lengths
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A brick is a small rectangular block of hardened clay or other material used as a basic building unit for constructing walls, structures, and other construction projects. Bricks matter because they are durable, versatile, and have been a fundamental building material for thousands of years, allowing people to create strong structures in many different patterns and styles.
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- Image
- Mattone - cotto ferrarese - Ferrara.jpg
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- Unicode character
- 🧱
- OpenStreetMap tag
- building:material=brick
- Commons category
- Bricks
- Commons gallery
- Brick
- MCN code
- 6901.00.10
- exact match
- ids.clld.org/parameters/7-620
- P8168
- Großlohra
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25 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle East and South Asia
- China
- Europe
- Industrial era
- Methods of manufacture
- Mudbrick
- Fired brick
- Shaping methods
- Kilns
- Influences on colour
- Chemically set bricks
- Calcium-silicate bricks
- Concrete bricks
- Compressed earth blocks
- Types
- Optimal dimensions, characteristics, and strength
- Uses
- Limitations
- Accessibility
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A single brick thumb|A wall constructed in glazed-headed Flemish bond brickwork pattern, with various shades and lengths
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.