brick

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/bɹɪk/

noun 5verb 5adj 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

red

The old factory building was constructed entirely from red brick during the Victorian era.

VERB + BRICK

lay

The construction workers were laying bricks for the new garden wall.

BRICK + NOUN

wall | building

works

My uncle has worked at the brick works for over twenty years.

PREP

in/of ~

The old factory walls were built of brick and still stand today.

PHRASES

brick by brick

She rebuilt her confidence after the accident, brick by brick, through therapy and hard work.

bricks and mortar

My grandparents always believed that bricks and mortar were the safest long-term investment for their family's future.

a course of bricks

The builders laid a course of bricks along the garden wall yesterday.

Definitions

noun

A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

This wall is made of bricks.

Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.

This house is made of brick.

They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron gates.

Something shaped like a brick.

a plastic explosive brick

The colour brick red.

The handyman considered the question and I knew she had a brick of ground beans in her bag but was considering whether the beds and a hot drink was worth a brick of coffee.

He disentangled himself from the safe door and delved inside. He brought out a brick of banknotes.

A helpful and reliable person.

Thanks for helping me wash the car. You’re a brick.

“It's easy to see you're a brick!” replied Lady Augusta, and the laugh again became general.

verb

To build, line, or form with bricks.

to be bricked alive (as a form of capital punishment)

If the ground is strong right up to the surface, a few yards are usually sunk and bricked before the engines and pit top are erected

To make into bricks.

The plant, which is here described, for bricking fine ores and flue dust, was designed and the plans produced in the engineering department of the Selby smelter.

To hit someone or something with a brick.

To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.

My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.

Just need to project against users from deleting NK.BIN and bricking the device.

Of an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.

My phone bricked halfway through the videoconference.

adj

Extremely cold.

And while the tropics are definitely the place to be when it's brick outside, rocking a snorkel on the beach only works when you're snorkeling.

He was always hanging tight with me and since he had access to a ride . . . it made traveling easier. I mean it was no biggie brain buster to take the train, but when it's brick outside . . . fuck the A train.

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Idioms & Phrases

one brick short of a full load

Not mentally sound; insane.

I feel fine today, but that gentleman conversing with the house plant there may be one brick short of a full load.

shit a brick

To react strongly or excessively, especially in anger, fear, or astonishment.

If our boss finds out we did this and didn't tell him, he's gonna shit a brick.

built like a brick shithouse

Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.

With a nickname that aptly translates to "Tree Stump" in Portugese,^([sic]) Palhares is built like a brick shit-house.

yellow brick road

A proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.

But we're coming up on a bend in the yellow brick road, and going 'round it could cause the party lights to go dark quickly.

bang one's head against a brick wall

To waste effort on a futile project.

Example Bank

This wall is made of bricks.

Wiktionary

This house is made of brick.

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They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron gates.

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to be bricked alive (as a form of capital punishment)

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If the ground is strong right up to the surface, a few yards are usually sunk and bricked before the engines and pit top are erected

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The shaft was next bricked between the decks until the top scaffold was supported by the brickwork and [made] to share the weight with the prids.

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Usage Notes

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