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brick

The correct spelling is brick.

How to pronounce brick

/bɹɪk/
noun

IPA: /bɹɪk/

Say it like: Bri-k

The correct spelling is brick. A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. For example: "This wall is made of bricks."

Usage Examples

This wall is made of bricks.

This house is made of brick.

a plastic explosive brick

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
  2. 2.Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
  3. 3.Something shaped like a brick.
  4. 4.A helpful and reliable person.
  5. 5.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.

verb

  1. 1.To build with bricks.
  2. 2.To make into bricks.
  3. 3.To hit someone or something with a brick.
  4. 4.To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.

adjective

  1. 1.(of weather) Extremely cold.

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