Phrase Hound found 53 phrases and 16 compound words that contain bricks. The most common are listed below. Open bricks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 53
- bricks and mortarAlternative form of brick and mortar: Buildings 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 …
- hit the bricksTo travel about, especially on foot.
- oil of bricksAlternative form of oil of brick: An empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature; formerly used in medicine and by lapidaries.
- hits the bricksthird-person singular simple present indicative of hit the bricks: To travel about, especially on foot.
- hitting the brickspresent participle and gerund of hit the bricks
- gold bricksplural of gold brick: Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
- Roman bricksplural of Roman brick: A type of brick originating in Ancient Rome and spread by the Romans to the lands they conquered.
- bricks and clicksClicks and mortar.
- clicks and bricksCombining a traditional retail outlet with online sales.
- like a ton of bricksVery strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly.
- take to the bricksAlternative form of hit the bricks (“participate in a strike”).
- taken to the brickspast participle of take to the bricks: Alternative form of hit the bricks (“participate in a strike”).
- takes to the bricksthird-person singular simple present indicative of take to the bricks: Alternative form of hit the bricks (“participate in a strike”).
- taking to the brickspresent participle and gerund of take to the bricks
- took to the brickssimple past of take to the bricks
- hit like a ton of bricksTo have a sudden and significant emotional impact.
- air bricksplural of air brick: A brick-sized block with holes which is embedded in a wall to allow ventilation through it.
- alphabet bricksplural of alphabet brick: A young child's toy in the form of a cube with a different letter of the alphabet on each of its sides.
- Bath bricksplural of Bath brick: A preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives etc.
- bricks offthird-person singular simple present indicative of brick off: To put a barrier around, or to form a barrier around, with bricks.
- bricks overthird-person singular simple present indicative of brick over: To wall up with brick.
- bricks upthird-person singular simple present indicative of brick up: To block or cover using bricks.
- chicken bricksplural of chicken brick: A pottery container that is filled with meat and closed with a lid to cook the meat in its own moisture.
- dive bricksplural of dive brick: A rubber weight used in training either to increase a swimmer's weight or to serve as an object to be collected ("rescued") from the bottom of the pool.
- diving bricksplural of diving brick: A rubber weight used in training either to increase a swimmer's weight or to serve as an object to be collected ("rescued") from the bottom of the pool.
Compound words 16
- nanobricksplural of nanobrick: A nanoscale brick (rectangular block)
- airbricksplural of airbrick: A brick-sized block with holes which is embedded in a wall to allow ventilation through it.
- biobricksplural of biobrick: A length of DNA sequence used, with others, to build synthetic biological circuits
- Bowbricksplural of Bowbrick: A surname from Old English.
- brickscapesplural of brickscape: A landscape dominated by brick buildings.
- ecobricksplural of ecobrick: A plastic bottle densely packed with used plastic to create a reusable building block that achieves plastic sequestration.
- facebricksplural of facebrick: A type of high quality brick used for the fronts of buildings; also, in collective sense, as a type of building material.
- firebricksplural of firebrick: a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
- goldbricksplural of goldbrick: Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
- Hambricksplural of Hambrick: A surname.