Brick

Quick meaning: Brick is a noun meaning (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
2. (countable) Something shaped like a brick.
3. The colour brick red.
4. (computing slang, figurative) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
5. (basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
6. (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male plug and an attached cord terminating in another plug.
7. (slang, dated) A helpful and reliable person.

Example Sentences

a plastic explosive brick

This wall is made of bricks.

This house is made of brick.

Thanks for helping me wash the car. You’re a brick.

Word Forms

• bricks
• bricking
• bricked

Synonyms for brick

Depending on context, synonyms include algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brumal, chill.

Antonyms for brick

Common opposites include fish, unbrick.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include paved, mason, slab, masonry, tile, plaster.

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