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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 [brɪk]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building)

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. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the material used to make such blocks

3. any rectangular block a brick of ice

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) bricks collectively

5. Informal a reliable, trustworthy, or helpful person

6. Brit a child's building block

7. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) short for brick red

drop a brick Brit informal to make a tactless or indiscreet remark

like a ton of bricks Informal (used esp of the manner of punishing or reprimanding someone) with great force; severely when he spotted my mistake he came down on me like a ton of bricks

vb (tr)

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (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

2. Slang to attack (a person) with a brick or bricks

[from Old French brique, from Middle Dutch bricke; related to Middle Low German brike, Old English brecan to break]

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

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brick

noun (Informal) kind person, good sort, salt of the earth, star You were a brick, a real friend when I was in need.

brick something up wall up, cover, close up, shut up We bricked up all our windows.

Translations

brick [brɪk]

A. N

1. (Constr) → ladrillo m, tabique m (Mex)
bricks and mortar → construcción f, edificios mpl
to come down on sb like a ton of bricks → echar una bronca de miedo a algn
to drop a brick (Brit) → meter la pata, tirarse una plancha(Sp)
you can't make bricks without straw → sin paja ho hay ladrillos

2. (Brit) (= toy) → cubo m

3. [of ice cream] → bloque m

4. (o.f.) (= person) he's a brick → es buen chico
be a brick and lend it to me → préstamelo como buen amigo

B. CPD → de ladrillo(s)
brick kiln N → horno m de ladrillos
brick wall N → pared f de ladrillos
to beat one's head against a brick wall → esforzarse en balde

brick in VT + ADV [+ window etc] → tapar con ladrillos or (Mex) tabiques

brick up VT + ADV [+ window etc] → tapar con ladrillos or (Mex) tabiques

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brick [ˈbrɪk]

n → brique f
bricks and mortar (= property) → l'immobilier
brick and mortar [retailers, industries, world] → de l'économie traditionnelle, brique et mortier

modif → en brique
a brick wall → un mur en brique
to be banging one's head against a brick wall (= speaking in vain) → parler à un mur (= acting in vain) → agir en pure perte
to hit a brick wall, to come up against a brick wall (fig) → se heurter à un mur

brick up

vt [+ door, window] → murer

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brick

n

(Build) → Ziegel- or Backstein m; bricks and mortar (= property) → Immobilien pl; you can’t make bricks without straw (Prov) → wo nichts ist, kann auch nichts werden; he came or was down on me like a ton of bricks (inf) → er hat mich unheimlich fertiggemacht (inf); to drop a brick (Brit fig inf) → ins Fettnäpfchen treten; to drop somebody/something like a hot brick (inf) → jdn/etw wie eine heiße Kartoffel fallen lassen

(= toy) → (Bau)klotz m; box of (building) bricks → Baukasten m

(of ice cream) → Block m

(dated inf) → feiner Kerl (inf); be a brick! → sei ein Kumpel!

bricks (Brit sl: = money) → Kohle f (inf)

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brick in cpds → Backstein-;

brickbat

n (= missile) → Backsteinbrocken m; (fig) → Beschimpfung f

brick building

n → Backsteinbau m

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brick:

brick kiln

n → Ziegelofen m

bricklayer

n → Maurer m

bricklaying

n → Maurerarbeit f; (= trade) → Maurerhandwerk nt

brick-red

adj → ziegelrot

brick wall

n (fig inf) I might as well be talking to a brick → ich könnte genauso gut gegen eine Wand reden; it’s like beating or banging one’s head against a brick → es ist, wie wenn man mit dem Kopf gegen die Wand rennt; to come up against or hit a brick → plötzlich vor einer Mauer stehen

brickwork

n → Backsteinmauerwerk nt

brickworks

pl, brickyard

n → Ziegelei f

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brick [brɪk] n (single) → mattone m; (material) → mattoni mpl; (toy) → cubo
building bricks → (gioco delle) costruzioni fpl
he came down on me like a ton of bricks (fig) → ancora un po' e mi mangiava
to drop a brick (fig) (fam) → fare una gaffe
to meet or come up against a brick wall (fig) → trovarsi davanti un ostacolo insormontabile
I felt I was banging my head against a brick wall → mi sembrava di parlare al muro
you can't make bricks without straw (Proverb) → non si può far niente senza l'occorrente

brick in brick up vt + adv → murare

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brick [brɪk] n (single) → mattone m; (material) → mattoni mpl; (toy) → cubo
building bricks → (gioco delle) costruzioni fpl
he came down on me like a ton of bricks (fig) → ancora un po' e mi mangiava
to drop a brick (fig) (fam) → fare una gaffe
to meet or come up against a brick wall (fig) → trovarsi davanti un ostacolo insormontabile
I felt I was banging my head against a brick wall → mi sembrava di parlare al muro
you can't make bricks without straw (Proverb) → non si può far niente senza l'occorrente

brick in brick up vt + adv → murare

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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 독설 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 抨擊 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

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brick → طوبة cihla mursten Ziegel τούβλο ladrillo tiili brique cigla mattone 煉瓦 벽돌 baksteen murstein cegła tijolo кирпич tegelsten อิฐ tuğla gạch 砖