brick

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brick [brick bricks bricked bricking] noun, verb BrE [brɪk] NAmE [brɪk]
noun
1. countable, uncountable baked ↑clay used for building walls, houses and other buildings; an individual block of this
• The school is built of brick.
•a pile of bricks
•a brick wall
see also ↑red-brick
2. countable a plastic or wooden block, used as a toy for young children to build things with
3. countable, usually singular (old-fashioned, BrE, informal)a friend that you can rely on when you need help
• Thanks for looking after the children today - you're a real brick.
more at like a cat on hot bricks at ↑cat _n., drop a brick/clanger at ↑drop _v., be banging, etc. your head against a brick wall at ↑head _n., like a ton of bricks at ↑ton _n.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch bricke, brike; probably reinforced by Old French brique; of unknown ultimate origin.

Example Bank:
•He got a job at the local brick works.
•They moved the whole house, brick by brick.
•They put an extra course of bricks around the pool.
•We rebuilt the fireplace using salvaged bricks.
•a house of red brick
•houses of brick
•investing in bricks and mortar
•learning to lay bricks properly
•to invest in bricks and mortar
Idioms: ↑bricks and mortar ▪ ↑make bricks without straw ▪ ↑up against a brick wall
Derived: ↑brick something in
 
verb
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch bricke, brike; probably reinforced by Old French brique; of unknown ultimate origin.