brick : Idioms & Phrases

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adobe brick

  • noun sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates
    adobe.
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arch brick

Arch" brick`
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  1. A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
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Bath brick

  • a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc.
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brick cheese

  • noun semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form
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Brick clay

  • clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
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Brick dust

  • dust of pounded or broken bricks.
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Brick earth

  • clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
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brick in

  • verb wall up with brick
    brick in; brick over.
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Brick loaf

  • a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape.
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Brick nogging

  • (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling.
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brick over

  • verb wall up with brick
    brick in; brick over.
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brick red

  • noun a bright reddish-brown color
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Brick tea

  • tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. S. W. Williams.
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Brick trimmer

  • (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire.
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Brick trowel

  • noun a trowel used in masonry
    mason's trowel.
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  • . See Trowel.
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brick up

  • verb wall up with brick
    brick in; brick over.
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Brick works

  • a place where bricks are made.
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brick-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped like a brick
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bricks and mortar

  • noun building material consisting of bricks laid with mortar between them
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Bristol brick

  • a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; originally manufactured at Bristol.
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clinker brick

  • noun a hard brick used as a paving stone
    clinker.
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Facing brick

  • front or pressed brick.
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Fire brick

  • a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc.
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Flemish brick

  • a hard yellow paving brick.
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Flint brick

  • a fire made principially of powdered silex.
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Frit brick

  • a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.
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Gauged brick

  • brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work.
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Lath brick

  • a long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.
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mud brick

  • noun a brick made from baked mud
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mud-brick

  • adjective of or incorporating mud bricks
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Oil of brick

  • empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut. Brande & C.
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Pressed brick

  • bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks.
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red-brick

  • adjective satellite of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
    redbrick.
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row of bricks

  • noun a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line)
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To brick up

  • to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
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To have a brick in one's hat

  • to be drunk. Slang
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