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Definition of Brick
1. Noun. Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material.
Generic synonyms: Ceramic, Building Material
Terms within: Clay
2. Noun. A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy.
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
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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brick
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