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brick  (brk)

n.

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

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

3. Informal A helpful, reliable person.

tr.v. bricked, brick·ing, bricks

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

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

Idiom:

drop a brick Informal

To make a clumsy social error.

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[Middle English brike, from Middle Dutch bricke.]

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bricky adj.

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brick

Noun

1. a rectangular block of baked or dried clay, used in building construction

2. the material used to make such blocks

3. any rectangular block: a brick of ice cream

4. bricks collectively

5. Informal a reliable, trustworthy, or helpful person

6. drop a brick Brit & NZ informal to make a tactless or indiscreet remark

Verb

(foll. by in, up, over)to construct, line, pave, fill, or wall up with bricks: they bricked up access to the historic pillar [Middle Dutch bricke]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brick - rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material adobe brick, adobe - sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates ceramic - an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures clinker brick, clinker - a hard brick used as a paving stone firebrick - brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys cope, coping, header - brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall mud brick - a brick made from baked mud building material - material used for constructing buildings clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
	2.	brick - a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy good person - a person who is good to other people

Translations

brick [brɪk] n → ladrillo

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brick [brɪk] n → brique f

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brick [brɪk] n → Ziegelstein m, Backstein m;

(of ice cream) → Block m

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brick [brɪk] n → mattone m

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brick

n brick [brik]

(a block of) baked clay used for building a pile of bricks; (also adjective ) a brick wall. baksteen طوبٌ، آجُر، قَرْميد тухла cihla; cihlový mursten der Ziegel τούβλο ladrillo tellis(kivi) آجر tiili (de/en) brique לְבֵנָה ईंट cigla tégla bata múrsteinn mattone れんが 벽돌 plyta ķieģelis; ķieģeļu- bata baksteen; bakstenen murstein, tegl(stein) cegła tijolo (de/din) cărămidă кирпич; кирпичный tehla; tehlový opeka cigla tegel[] อิฐ tuğla 磚 цеглина اینٹ gạch 砖

n brickbat

an insult They hurled brickbats at the politician throughout his speech. kritiek, onvriendelike aanmerking مُلاحَظَةٌ قاسِيَه، انتِقادٌ لاذشع парче тухла urážka fornærmelse der Ziegelbrocken αποδοκιμασία, προσβολή insulto teravus توهین solvaus insultes הַעֲלָבָה गाली-गलौच करना komad opeke bántó megjegyzés penghinaan svívirðing frecciata しんらつな批評 모욕 įžeidžianti pastaba aizvainojoša / asa piezīme cemuhan verwensing skjellsord; skarp kritikk obraźliwe słowo, obelga insulto insultă резкое замечание, оскорбление urážka žalitev uvreda nedsabling, skarp kritik การประชดประชัน hakaret 貶責的話 уламок цеглини بے عزتی کترنا ، توہین کرنا lời nhận xét khiếm nhã 贬责的话

n bricklayer

a person who builds (houses etc) with bricks. messelaar بنّـاء بالطوب / بالقَرميد зидар zedník murer der Maurer χτίστης albañil müürsepp آجرچین muurari maçon, maçonne בָּנָאי राजगीर zidar kőműves tukang batu múrari, múrhleðslumaður muratore れんが積み職人 벽돌공 mūrininkas mūrnieks penurap bata metselaar murer murarz pedreiro zidar каменщик murár zidar zidar murare ช่างปูน duvarcı 砌磚工人 муляр راج ، معمار thợ nề 砌砖工人