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brick


Main Entry: 1brick
Pronunciation: \ˈbrik\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English bryke, from Middle Dutch bricke
Date: 15th century

1 plural bricks or brick : a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 214 × 334 × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and of moist clay hardened by heat
2 : a good-hearted person
3 : a rectangular compressed mass (as of ice cream)
4 : a semisoft cheese with numerous small holes, smooth texture, and often mild flavor
5 : gaffe, blunder —used especially in the phrase drop a brick
6 : a badly missed shot in basketball <he threw up a brick>


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