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Definition: Brick |
BrickAdjective1. Paved with brick; "follow the yellow brick road". Noun1. Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material. 2. A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "brick" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | An admirable person made of the right sort of clay and possessing plenty of sand. What your friends call you before you go to the wall--but never afterward. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Building & Civil Engineering | Unit of baked or burnt(I)argillaceous or clayey earth; (II)other admixtures, such as lime and sand, cement and sand. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | Brick in a dream, indicates unsettled business and disagreements in love affairs. To make them you will doubtless fail in your efforts to amass great wealth. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Finance | Slang used to describe a package of currency that is banded with steel straps. (references) |
Literature | Brick A regular brick. A jolly good fellow. (Compare ???????????????; "square"; and "four-square to all the winds that blow.") "A fellow like nobody else, and, in fine, a brick."- George Eliot: Daniel Deronda, book ii. chap. 16. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A brick is a block made of kiln-fired material, usually clay or shale, but also may be of mud, etc. Clay bricks are formed in a moulding (the soft mud method), or in commercial manufacture more frequently by extruding clay through a die and then wire-cutting them to the proper size (the stiff mud process). Brick made from clay that is hardly more than dampened must be formed in molds with a great deal of pressure, usually applied by a hydraulic press. These bricks are known as hydraulic-pressed bricks, and have a dense surface which makes them suitable for facing work. The shaped clay is then dried and fired to achieve the final, desired strength. Usually this is done in a continuously fired kiln, in which the bricks move slowly through the kiln on conveyors, to achieve consistent physical characteristics for all bricks. When other than the ordinary structural clay brick is meant, a descriptive term such as fire-brick, sand-lime brick, etc., is employed.Bricks are used for structural purposes in buildings, for paving, and for lining furnaces. The latter type of brick is known as refractory or fire-brick. Hard-burned brick should be used for face work exposed to the weather, and soft brick for filling, foundations, and the like. The standard brick measures approximately 2.25" x 4" x 8", and has a crushing strength of between 1000 and 3000 pounds per square inch depending on quality. A highly impervious and ornamental surface may be laid on brick either by salt glazing, in which salt is added during the burning process, or by the use of a "slip," which is a glaze material into which the bricks are dipped. Subsequent reheating in the kiln fuzes the slip into a glazed surface integral with the brick base.
A refractory brick is built primarily to withstand temperature. This does not usually accompany resistance to heat flow; in fact, most refractory bricks usually have the highest thermal conductivities. It is important for refractory brick to have a high resistance to erosion by ash-laden gases and to the fluxing action of molten slag, it should not spall badly under rapid temperature change, and its structural strength should hold up well under rapid temperature changes. Fire-brick is baked in the kiln until it is partly vitrified, and for special purposes may also be glazed. Fire-bricks usually contain 30-40% alumina and 50% silica. For bricks of extreme refractory character, alumina content can be as high as 50-80% (with correspondingly less silica) and silicon carbide may also be present. The standard size of fire-brick is 9" x 4.5" x 2.5".
See: masonry, brickwork, ceramics
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brick."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china; earthenware, stoneware; pot, mug, terra cotta, brick, clinker. |
Good Man | Brick, trump, gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling. |
Hardness | Stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement. |
Materials | Noun: material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone; chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, bricks and mortar; metal; stone; clay, brick crockery; compo, composition; concrete; reinforced concrete, cement; wood, ore, timber. |
Probity | Dignity; (repute); respectability, respectableness; adj; gentilhomme, gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo; truepenny, trump, brick; true Briton; white man. |
Strength | Stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather;stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather; built like a brick shithouse; like a giant refreshed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Brick Top's way of doing business is with a stun gun, a plastic bag, a roll of tape, and a pack of hungry pigs (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Follow the yellow brick road (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf.) That ain't no tool, that's a brick. (Gone in Sixty Seconds; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg) The movie is just me standing in front of a brick wall for 90 minutes (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Why did you throw a brick through my daughter's window at 2:00 am (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) | |
Lyrics | She's a brick and I'm drowning (Brick; performing artist: Ben Folds Five) Available on the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; performing artist: Elton John) All in all you're just another brick in the wall ("Another Brick in the Wall"; performing artist: Pink Floyd) Speak to me, why are you building this thick brick wall to defend me when your silence is my greatest fear (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs) Work that tip, get rid of evidence, move that brick (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) Brick Doll House (1967) No. 7 Brick Row (1922) Brick Top (1916) Cupid Throws a Brick (1913) | |
Song Titles | Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) (performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
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 | (1) color slide shows a large ceramic pot filled with B & M Brick Oven brand baked beans. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | Brick Flat Pit. This pit was excavated to extract ore and was then used to dispose of sludge, an early and inefficient disposal method. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Treatment plant at Minnesota Flats to treat AMD from the Richmond and Lawson Portals. Water raised PH 1 - 11 to ppt sludge. The sludge was hauled to Brick Flat pit. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Cap in the Iron Mountain Mine, Brick Flat pit. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Monument brick. Credit: Unknown. |  | Brick Church of Trinity (18th century), southwest view taken from Dvina River on sidewheeler, Troitsa, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Brick commercial building, Sacco and Vanzetti Street #1(late 19th century), Tobol'sk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo, (1671-87), east facade, with ornamental brick and ceramic details, Yaroslavl', Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Log and brick house, 1905 Street #13 (about 1900), Novosibirsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Brick and log house, Voikova Street #21 (late 19th century), Tomsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
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| "Red brick and white" by Gavin Whitmore Commentary: "..." | "Brick" by Markus . Commentary: "On my roof." |
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Dorothy Day | People say, "What is the sense of our small effort?" They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | For my temptation to think it a right, I refer every caviller to a brick house, sashed windows below, and casements above, in Highbury |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | In Islington you can hardly hurl a brick without hitting three antique shops, an estate agent and a bookshop |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Three walls, half brick and half stone, folded back like the leaves of a screen, and imitating a square turret, surround it on three sides |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The colour faded and became strong like a changing glow of pallid brick red. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Consumers generally prefer traditional brick, block and concrete construction. (references) | |
For those accustomed to block, brick and cement, dry wall seems insubstantial, unsafe, and lacking in privacy. (references) | ||
Residential high rise construction is even more heavily dominated by traditional methods using reinforced concrete, with brick and cement block exteriors. (references) | ||
Economic History | Taiwan | U.S. warehouse store chains such as Price Costco have also entered the market and enjoyed brick sales. (references) |
Kuwait | It also includes large water desalinization, ammonia, desulfurization, fertilizer, brick, block, and cement plants. (references) | |
Brazil | The construction method in Brazil used to rely heavily on inexpensive and abundant manual labor, with predominant use of brick and concrete. (references) | |
Political Economy | PAKISTAN | It is common in the agriculture sector, brick, fishing and construction industries. (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | In March 2000, the Lahore High Court ordered the release of 24 brick kiln workers, including 10 women and children. (references) |
Cambodia | Only 4 percent of working children are engaged in larger scale enterprises, including brick factories and rubber plantations. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Brick" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.67% of the time. "Brick" is used about 1,770 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.67% | 1,711 | 4,902 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.99% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.28% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,770 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "brick" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Brick | Last name | 1,000 | 10,800 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "brick". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Kirharaseth | N/A | Biblical | Wall of burnt brick |
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| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Baggeridge Brick Public Limited Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Brick, NJ |
Expressions using "brick": a brick house ♦ a brick of a boy ♦ adobe brick ♦ air brick ♦ arch brick ♦ bath brick ♦ brick cheese ♦ Brick clay ♦ Brick dust ♦ Brick earth ♦ brick field ♦ brick in ♦ brick kiln ♦ Brick loaf ♦ Brick nogging ♦ brick outer walls with dry dash finish ♦ brick over ♦ brick partition ♦ brick paved ♦ brick pavement ♦ brick paving ♦ brick red ♦ Brick tea ♦ brick Township ♦ Brick trimmer ♦ Brick trowel ♦ brick up ♦ brick wall ♦ Brick works ♦ brick yard ♦ Bristol brick ♦ cavity brick ♦ centre brick ♦ clinker brick ♦ crown brick ♦ cupola brick ♦ distributor brick ♦ drop a brick ♦ dropping a brick ♦ Facing brick ♦ Fire brick ♦ flashed brick ♦ flemish brick ♦ Flint brick ♦ Frit brick ♦ Gauged brick ♦ glazed brick ♦ gold brick ♦ have a brick in the hat ♦ ice cream brick ♦ key brick ♦ king brick ♦ Lath brick ♦ oil of brick ♦ pale brick ♦ panel brick ♦ pavement brick ♦ paving brick ♦ pressed brick ♦ red brick ♦ red Brick Intelligent SQL ♦ repressed brick ♦ Salman brick ♦ scone brick ♦ sell smb. a gold brick ♦ sleeve brick ♦ soft briCk ♦ stretcher brick ♦ swim like a brick ♦ To brick up ♦ To have a brick in one's hat ♦ vertically perforated brick. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "brick": brick-a-brac, brick-and-tile, brick-b, brick-bat, brick-bint, brick-bread, brick-breaking, brick-broken, brick-building, brick-built, brick-by-brick, brick-color, brick-colored, brick-coloured, brick-eating, brick-edged, brick-effect, brick-faced, brick-firer, brick-hard, brick-kiln, brick-laid, brick-layer, brick-laying, brick-like, brick-lined, brick-maker, brick-making, brick-on-edge, brick-orange, brick-oven, brick-pathed, brick-paved, brick-red, Brick-red-and-white, brick-shaped, brick-sized, brick-throwing, brick-tiled, brick-tower, brick-truck, brick-wall, brick-walled, brick-wide, brick-work. | |
Ending with "brick": half-brick, mud-brick, red-brick, yellow-brick. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
brick | 2,717 | brick fireplace | 117 |
the brick | 1,913 | brick patio design | 116 |
pavers brick | 467 | brick home | 100 |
brick patio | 399 | brick warehouse | 99 |
brick laying | 314 | landscaping brick | 98 |
the brick furniture | 264 | brick manufacturer | 95 |
brick canada | 241 | brick paving | 93 |
brick wall | 217 | yellow brick road | 93 |
acme brick | 209 | brick pinehall | 86 |
brick patios | 195 | brick colors | 85 |
boral brick | 175 | brick siding | 84 |
brick house | 170 | brick out game | 84 |
brick barbecue | 167 | z brick | 84 |
brick veneer | 155 | brick pattern | 83 |
brick oven | 141 | another brick in the wall | 83 |
brick furniture store | 139 | glass brick | 81 |
brick layer | 136 | lay brick | 80 |
brick mail box | 133 | brick painting | 80 |
brick cleaning | 125 | faux brick | 79 |
brick furniture | 123 | brick store | 77 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "brick"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | baksteen. (various references) | |
Albanian | tullë (sett), shtroj me tulla. (various references) | |
Arabic | كتلة مستطيلة, مقرمد مبنى بالطوب, لبنة, قرمد يبني, طوبة, طوب من طين, آجرة (tile), شخص حلو المعشر. (various references) | |
Basque | adreilu. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | щедър човек, честен човек (truepenny, white man), тухлен, тухла, калъп (shape, tablet), зазиждам (build up, embed, fill in, fill out, imbed, wall up), блок (bloc, block, bloom, lump, pad, pig). (various references) | |
Chinese | 磚 (lumpy, rock pile, uneven), 砖 (Bricks), 塼 . (various references) | |
Czech | kostka (bar, block, cake, check, cobbles, cube, lump, tablet, tessera), cihlový, cihla. (various references) | |
Danish | mursten. (various references) | |
Dutch | stenen (groan, metalled, stone), steen (gem, jewel, stone), bakstenen, baksteen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | briko, brika. (various references) | |
Faeroese | múrsteinur. (various references) | |
Farsi | خشت (Adobe, Bat), اجرگوشه گرد, اجرگرفتن , اجر (Remuneration, Wage). (various references) | |
Finnish | tiili (tile). (various references) | |
French | brique (brick red). (various references) | |
Frisian | bakstien. (various references) | |
German | ziegelstein (clinker), ziegel (bricks, tile), backstein (clinker), stein (block, calculus, Flint, jewel, man, piece, pit, rock, shale, stone), klotz (block, chump, chunk, chunk of wood, clod, hulk, log, lump, pad), Baustein (building block, module). (various references) | |
Greek | τούβλο (blockhead, dunce). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ללבון (make bricks), אריח (bar, flagstone, tile). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tégla (mole, stool pigeon, stoolie). (various references) | |
Icelandic | múrsteinn. (various references) | |
Indonesian | batu bata, bata (briquet, concrete brick), orang baik, menemboki. (various references) | |
Irish | bríce. (various references) | |
Italian | mattone. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 煉瓦 , 積み木 (building block). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つみき (building block, building blocks), れんが (early Japanese poetry form, poetic dialogue). (various references) | |
Korean | 벽돌 (Bricks). (various references) | |
Manx | breekey (bricklaying), breek. (various references) | |
Norwegian | murstein. (various references) | |
Occitan | brica, rajòla, maon. (various references) | |
Papago | shahmt. (various references) | |
Papiamen | klenku, klenko. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ickbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tijolo. (various references) | |
Romanian | bucatã (article, bar, clod, cut, dollop, fragment, hunk, junk, length, morsel, nub, part, Pat, patch, piece, ribbon, shred, slice, snack, steak, tablet), de cãrãmidã, cãrãmidã (briquette). (various references) | |
Russian | класть кирпич, кирпичный (brick-red), кирпич;брусок кирпичный, кирпич. (various references) | |
Sepedi | setena. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sjajan momak, opeka (terracotta), od cigle, cigla. (various references) | |
Shona | chidhina. (various references) | |
Spanish | ladrillo (briquet, briquette, cube, food-cube). (various references) | |
Swedish | tegelsten, tegel (tile), hedersprick. (various references) | |
Thai | ทำด้วยอิฐ, คนดี, ิอิฐ. (various references) | |
Turkish | tuğla (clinker, tile). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kerpiз (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | цегляний, цеглина, класти цеглу, обличковувати (coat), брусок (bar, cake, whetstone), брикет (bale, bar, briquette, cake), добрий хлопець, дитячі кубики. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bằng gạch, thỏi (barie), gạch bánh. (various references) | |
Welsh | bricsen, bricio, priddfaen. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | plinthos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | later, latere, laterem, lateres, lateri, lateribus, lateris, laterum. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | bricke. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 11, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen anqrwpoV tw plhsion deute plinqeuswmen plinqouV kai opthswmen autaV puri kai egeneto autoiV h plinqoV eiV liqon kai asfaltoV hn autoiV o phloV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixitque alter ad proximum suum venite faciamus lateres et coquamus eos igni habueruntque lateres pro saxis et bitumen pro cemento |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða cwædon hi him betwynan, "Uton wyrcean us tigelan ond ælan hi on fyre." Witodlice hi hæfdon tigelan for stan ond tyrwan for weall-lim. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the tother seide to his neiybore, Cometh, and make we tile stoons, and sethe we hem with fier; and thei hadden tiles for stoons, and towy cley for syment. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they sayd one to a nother: come on let us make brycke ad burne it wyth fyre. So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they said one to another, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 11, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug sila nasig-ingon ang usa ug usa: Umari kamo. Magbuhat kita ug tisa ug pagbahon ta ug maayo. Ug sila may tisa nga gigamit nga alili sa bato, ug may salong nga alili sa apog. |
| Croatian | Jedan drugome reèe: "Hajdemo praviti opeke te ih peæi da otvrdnu!" Opeke im bile mjesto kamena, a paklina im služila za žbuku. |
| Danish | Da sagde de til hverandre: "Kom, lad os stryge Teglsten og brænde dem godt!" De brugte nemlig Tegl som Sten og Jordbeg som Kalk. |
| Dutch | En zij zeiden een ieder tot zijn naaste: Kom aan, laat ons tichelen strijken, en wel doorbranden! En de tichel was hun voor steen, en het lijm was hun voor leem. |
| Finnish | Ja he sanoivat toisillensa: "Tulkaa, tehkäämme tiiliä ja polttakaamme ne koviksi". Ja tiiltä he käyttivät kivenä, ja maapihkaa he käyttivät laastina. |
| French | Ils se dirent l`un à l`autre: Allons! faisons des briques, et cuisons-les au feu. Et la brique leur servit de pierre, et le bitume leur servit de ciment. |
| German | Und sie sprachen untereinander: Wohlauf, laß uns Ziegel streichen und brennen! und nahmen Ziegel zu Stein und Erdharz zu Kalk |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka berkata seorang kepada yang lain, "Ayo kita membuat batu bata dan membakarnya sampai keras." Demikianlah mereka mempunyai batu bata untuk batu rumah dan ter untuk bahan perekatnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata mereka itu seorang kepada seorang: Mari kita memperbuat batu bata serta membakar akan dia baik-baik. Maka batu bata itu baginya akan ganti batu betul dan gala-gala akan ganti kapur. |
| Italian | Si dissero l'un l'altro: «Venite, facciamoci mattoni e cuociamoli al fuoco». Il mattone servì loro da pietra e il bitume da cemento. |
| Maori | Na ka mea ratou ki tona hoa, ki tona hoa, Tena, tatou ka hanga pereki, me ata tahu marire ano hoki. Na ka meinga e ratou he pereki hei kohatu, he uku hoki ta ratou moata. |
| Norwegian | Og de sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss gjøre teglsten og brenne dem vel! Og de brukte tegl istedenfor sten, og jordbek istedenfor kalk. |
| Portuguese | Disseram uns aos outros: Eia pois, façamos tijolos, e queimemo-los bem. Os tijolos lhes serviram de pedras e o betume de argamassa. |
| Rumanian | Wi au zis unul cqtre altul: ,,Haidem! sq facem cqrqmizi, wi sq le ardem bine kn foc.`` Wi cqrqmida le -a yinut loc de piatrq, iar smoala le -a yinut loc de var. |
| Spanish | Entonces se dijeron unos a otros: "Venid, hagamos adobes y quemémoslos con fuego." Así empezaron a usar ladrillo en lugar de piedra, y brea en lugar de mortero. |
| Swedish | Och de sade till varandra: "Kom, låt oss slå tegel och bränna det." Och teglet begagnade de såsom sten, och såsom murbruk begagnade de jordbeck. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "brick": brickbat, brickbats, bricked, brickfield, brickfields, brickier, brickiest, bricking, bricklayer, bricklayers, bricklaying, bricklayings, brickle, brickles, bricks, brickwork, brickworks, bricky, brickyard, brickyards. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "brick": firebrick, goldbrick, redbrick. (additional references) | |
Words containing "brick": firebricks, goldbricked, goldbricking, goldbricks, redbricks. (additional references) | |
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"Brick" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abdick, Berbick, Berick, berlick, Berrick, Bficc, Bhikku, bick, bicka, Birik, Borlick, Bpic, brc, brcke, breack, breck, brek, brekky, briak, bric, brich, Brici, brics, brik, brika, brisca, brix, broci, buick, frick, Krick. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brick" (pronounced bri"k) |
| 3 | -r i" k | Crick, prick, Rick, Strick, trick. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-i-k-r" | |
-1 letter: birk, crib, rick. | |
-2 letters: ick, irk, kir, rib. | |
-3 letters: bi. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-i-k-r" | |
+1 letter: bicker, bricks, bricky. | |
+2 letters: bickers, bricked, brickle. | |
+3 letters: backfire, baldrick, bickered, bickerer, blockier, brackish, brickbat, brickier, bricking, brickles, cribwork, fireback, redbrick. | |
+4 letters: backbiter, backfired, backfires, baldricks, bickerers, bickering, blackbird, brainsick, brickbats, brickiest, brickwork, brickyard, crabstick, cribworks, firebacks, firebrick, goldbrick, kickboard, kickboxer, redbricks, rockabies, rudbeckia. | |
+5 letters: backbiters, backfiring, backslider, backstairs, barracking, blackbirds, bootlicker, bracketing, breadstick, brickfield, bricklayer, brickworks, brickyards, broomstick, bucklering, buckraming, cherublike, crabsticks, crackbrain, firebricks, goldbricks, icebreaker, jackrabbit, kickboards, kickboxers, linebacker, rockabilly, rudbeckias, silverback. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Cities | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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