brick

Definition of Brick in English :

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Noun

1. brick

rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

2. brick

a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brick

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noun

1.

a.

a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction

b.

(as modifier)

a brick house

2.

the material used to make such blocks

3.

any rectangular block

a brick of ice

4.

bricks collectively

5. informal

a reliable, trustworthy, or helpful person

6. British

a child's building block

7. short for brick red

8. drop a brick

9. like a ton of bricks

verb (transitive)

10. (usually foll by in, up, or over)

to construct, line, pave, fill, or wall up with bricks

to brick up a window

brick over a patio

11. slang

to attack (a person) with a brick or bricks

Brick

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urban township in E N.J.: pop. 76,000

noun

1.

a substance made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc.

2.

one of these blocks, of any of various standard sizes

3.

bricks collectively

4.

anything shaped like a brick

5. Informal, Obsolete

a fine person

adjective

6.

built or paved with brick

7.

like brick

brick red

verb transitive

8.

to face, pave, etc. with brick

Brick

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n.

1.

a. A molded rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln until hard and used as a building and paving material.

b. Such blocks of clay used as a building material: a house made of brick.

c. An object shaped like such a block: a brick of cheese.

d. Informal A smartphone, tablet, or similar electronic device that connects to the internet that has become inoperable.

2. A dark brownish red.

3. Informal A helpful, reliable person.

4. Basketball A shot that falls short of the basket.

v. bricked, brick·ing, bricks

v. tr.

1. To construct, line, or pave with bricks.

2. To close or wall with brick: bricked up the windows of the old house.

3. Informal To cause to become inoperable. Used especially of electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets, that connect to the internet. I bricked my smartphone when I tried to untether it.

v. intr.

Informal To become inoperable. Used especially of electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets, that connect to the internet.

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