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Brick

/bɹɪk/

A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

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📖 Definitions of "Brick"

noun

1
A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
"This wall is made of bricks."
2
Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
"This house is made of brick."
3
Something shaped like a brick.
"a plastic explosive brick"
4
A helpful and reliable person.
"Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick."

verb

1
To build with bricks.
2
To make into bricks.
3
To hit someone or something with a brick.
4
To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
"My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm."

adjective

1
(of weather) Extremely cold.

🔄 Synonyms of "Brick"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
paved	Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brick"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
paved	Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.
masonnoun	A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick
slabnoun	A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
masonrynoun	The art or occupation of a mason.
tilenoun	A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
plasternoun	(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
ingotnoun	A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
cartonnoun	An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
stonenoun	(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
wallnoun	A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
rocknoun	A formation of minerals, specifically:
carparknoun	Alternative spelling of car park. [(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hong Kong, India) An outdoor area or a building where cars may be parked.]
shippernoun	The person or organization that ships (sends) something.
chargernoun	A device that charges or recharges.
containernoun	An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
magnesianoun	(mineralogy) magnesium oxide
stepnoun	An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
kilonoun	Clipping of kilogram. [In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg]
piecenoun	A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.