Brick - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |brɪk|  American pronunciation of the word brick
Brit.  |brɪk|  British pronunciation of the word brick

noun

- rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
- a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

Extra examples

He has been an absolute brick.

Protesters attacked the police with stones and bricks.

My office is in that small brick building.

The plot of land is demarcated by a low brick wall.

We live in the brick duplex.

The boy's ball accidentally dislodged the top brick from the wall.

I caught my coat on a loose brick projecting from the wall.

The large brick house with a turret at top.

The brick works closed last year.

The church was built of brick.

A brick crashed through the window.

I've tried to talk some sense into them, but it's like banging my head against a brick wall.

My father was just driving along, minding his own business, when suddenly a brick came through the window.

His liver was ruptured when a brick wall collapsed on him.

Brass pans added a decorative touch to the plain brick wall.

Phrasal verbs

brick in  — wall up with brick
brick up  — wall up with brick

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: brick
he/she/it: bricks
present participle: bricking
past tense: bricked
past participle: bricked
noun
singular: brick
plural: bricks
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