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		treflop on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Help us invent CSS Grid Level 3, a.k.a. "Masonry" ... Masonry just refers to working with bricks. It's old as time but we still make stuff out of bricks and you can still be a mason today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry

georgesimon on April 23, 2024 [–]

It seems your are saying it is only relates to bricks? But it's not, it's any stone, cut or formed.

treflop on April 23, 2024 | [–]

I suppose I’m using brick by its informal definition as just a construction block.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick

But yes, historically brick meant just one type and style of material.

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