fire bricks

Heat-resistant masonry

Fire bricks are bricks made from refractory clay that can withstand extremely high temperatures without cracking or crumbling.

They line furnaces, kilns, fireplaces, and other structures exposed to intense heat: The pizza oven was built with fire bricks.

Also called refractory bricks.

Sometimes spelled as one word: firebricks.

kiln

refractory

Resistant to heat/control

forge · chimney · lining · mortar · combustion · masonry · heat-resistant · alumina · silica · clay

construction

hearth

Fireplace floor area

barbecue · arch · dome · lining · foundation · walls · floor · backing · facing · courses

Categories
Opposites
heat resistance

fire bricksice blocks

Solid water pieces

clay bricks · concrete blocks · cinder blocks · dry ice · red bricks

Family

fire, fires, fired, firing, fiery, fireman, firemen, fireplace, firework

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G