brick wall

noun

1

: a wall made of brick

2

: an immovable block or obstruction

the plan ran into a brick wall

Examples of brick wall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The brick walls have been painted white, and the space features large windows, area rugs, pendant lighting, couches and patio tables. — Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

But on a July 4 contest against the top team in the NL East, Manaea and the Mets appeared to run right into a brick wall. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

The hyperscalers run into a brick wall If Micron’s earnings showed who is winning from the AI boom , Apple highlighted who is paying for it. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 27 June 2026

On July 31, 2022, Shirilla, then 17, drove her car into a brick wall at nearly 100 mph. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for brick wall

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale