Glossary of Brick Terms

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A

Adhesion
Admixtures
Aggregate
Anchor Bolts
Ashlars

B

Backfilling
Base Coat
Batter Boards
Bed Joint
Block
Bond
Brick Masonry
Brick Set
Brown Coat
Buttered

C

Caulk
Closure Brick
Coloring Agent
Concrete
Control Joints
Coping
Corbeling
Courses
Curing

D

Dry Mixture

E

Edger
Edging
Efflorescence
Expansion Joint
Exposed Aggregate

F

Face Brick
Finish Coat
Flashing
Float
Footing
Form
Frost Line
Furrowing

G

Gradation
Grout

H

Hawk
Header
Hydration

J

Joint
Jointer
Joist

L

Lintel

M

Masonry
Mixers
Moisture Content
Mortar

P

Pavers
Pier
Pilaster
Plasticity Consistency
Plumb
Pointing
Portland Cement
Pre-Mix
Precast Concrete

R

Reinforcing Rod
Retaining Wall
Rowlock
Rubble
Running Bond

S

Scratch Coat
Screed
Screeding
Segregation
Set
Shell
Soldier
Stretcher
Striking Off
Stucco

T

Tamp
Texturizing
Ties
Trowel
Tuck-Pointing

V

Veneer

W

Wales
Weep Holes
Wire Mesh
Workability
Wythe