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Synonyms for brick

Grammar : Noun
Spell : brik
Phonetic Transcription : brɪk

Définition of brick

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French briche "brick," probably from a Germanic source akin to Middle Dutch bricke "a tile," literally "a broken piece," from the verbal root of break (v.). Meaning "a good, honest fellow" is from 1840, probably on notion of squareness (e.g. fair and square) though most extended senses of brick (and square) applied to persons in English are not meant to be complimentary. Brick wall in the figurative sense of "impenetrable barrier" is from 1886.
  • noun block
Example sentences :
  • In the beginning, a star, when drawn with a nail into a brick looked as follows.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • What others had done in brick he could do with the help of more costly materials.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • You do like I tells yer, or yer'll git yer eggercation wid a brick.
  • Extract from : « A Night Out » by Edward Peple
  • I was right by his very side at the time, and see him see the brick and see him reconnize it.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • The main building is of brick, in three stories; but there are several annexes.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The work to the land side is complete; the bastions are faced with brick.
  • Extract from : « Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 » by Daniel Defoe
  • A brick may be considered a panacea, and may be carried in the hat.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various
  • And the pick was only the stem of a kau-ling plant, to which a bit of brick had been fastened.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Only, on a brick against the wall, they had forgotten a little hunting dog.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

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