Decorative Tudor brick chimneys, Hampton Court Palace, UK

A wall constructed in glazed-headed Flemish bond with bricks of various shades and lengths

A pallet of bricks stacked without mortar

An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and stretchers

A brick is a man-made building material used to make walls and make places to walk. It is a single unit of a kneaded clay-bearing soil, sand and lime, or concrete material, fire-hardened or air-dried, used in masonry construction.

Bricks are made mostly of clay. They are put into molds or cut with wires, and then baked in an oven. The color of a brick depends on the clay from which it was made.