Definition of Brick

1. Noun. Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material.

Specialized synonyms: Adobe, Adobe Brick, Clinker, Clinker Brick, Firebrick, Cope, Coping, Header, Mud Brick
Generic synonyms: Ceramic, Building Material
Terms within: Clay

2. Noun. A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy.
Generic synonyms: Good Person

Definition of Brick

1. n. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.

2. v. t. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.

Definition of Brick

1. to build with bricks (blocks of clay) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Brick

1. 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc, molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. "The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians." (Layard) 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. "Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick." (Weale) 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. "He 's a dear little brick." To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick colour; brick red. Brick clay, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. Brick dust, dust of pounded or broken bricks. Brick earth, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. Brick loaf, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. Brick nogging, a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. Brick trowel. See Trowel. Brick works, a place where bricks are made. Bath brick. See Bath, a city. Pressed brick, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks. Origin: OE. Brik, F. Brique; of Ger. Origin; cf. AS. Brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. Brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. To AS. Hlafes brice, fr. The root of E. Break. See Break. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brick

briary
briar pipe
bribable
bribe
bribed
bribee
bribees
briber
briberies
bribers
bribery
bribes
bribing
bric-a-brac
brick (current term)
brick (current term)
brickbat
brickbats
brickdust deposit
bricked
Brickellia
bricken
Bricker operation
brickfield
brickfields
brickie
brickier
brickies
brickiest
bricking

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