bricks and mortar

:  a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2¹⁄₄ × 3³⁄₄ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and of moist clay hardened by heat

:  a good-hearted person

:  a rectangular compressed mass (as of ice cream)

:  to close, face, or pave with bricks

:  to render (an electronic device, such as a smartphone) nonfunctional (as by accidental damage, malicious hacking, or software changes)

:  a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle

:  a muzzle-loading cannon having a tube short in relation to its caliber that is used to throw projectiles at high angles

:  any of several similar firing devices

:  a plastic building material (as a mixture of cement, lime, or gypsum plaster with sand and water) that hardens and is used in masonry or plastering

:  to plaster or make fast with mortar