Phrase Hound found 112 phrases and 107 compound words that contain brick. The most common are listed below. Open brick in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 112
- brick wallUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks.
- brick and mortarBuildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for …
- red-brickAlternative form of redbrick: of, or relating to a red brick university
- thick as a brickVery stupid; slow to learn or understand.
- brick redA warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks.
- brick wallsplural of brick wall: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks.
- drop a brickTo commit a faux pas, especially in speech, such as by tactlessly speaking of a subject that should not be mentioned.
- gold brickAlternative form of goldbrick: Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
- brick houseA voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust.
- fire brickAlternative form of firebrick: a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
- oil of brickAn empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature; formerly used in medicine and by lapidaries.
- brick-teaTea leaves formed into the shape of a brick, used to make beverages like tea, eaten as food or, as in the past, used as a form of currency.
- brick breakerA game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.
- Brick CityThe city of Newark, New Jersey, United States.
- brick phoneA cellular telephone with proportions and weight similar to a brick.
- brick veneerA building construction technique in which an external, non-structural, brick wall conceals a structural wall of another material (such as timber or steel); the layer of covering thus produced.
- dropped a bricksimple past and past participle of drop a brick
- brick upTo block or cover using bricks.
- face brickA type of high quality brick used for the fronts of buildings; also, in collective sense, as a type of building material.
- brick by brickCreated or built in a steady, step-by-step fashion.
- dropping a brickpresent participle and gerund of drop a brick
- Bath brickA preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives etc.
- brick cheeseA sweet, mild, yellowish cheese from Wisconsin, manufactured in a brick shape.
- brick chickenSynonym of chicken under a brick: A dish of roast chicken prepared with a brick placed on top to flatten the chicken and enhance browning.
- flying brickAn aircraft which is too heavy and lacks sufficient power to be maneuvered easily.
Compound words 107
- bricklayerA craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
- brickyardA place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed.
- firebricka brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
- bricklayingThe act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
- brickworksA place where bricks are made.
- redbrickof, or relating to a red brick university
- brickfieldA place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
- BricktownA neighborhood of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- brickbatA piece of brick, rock, etc., especially when used as a weapon (for example, thrown or placed in a sock or other receptacle and used as a club).
- mudbrickAdobe brick; unfired brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw.