brick-and-mortar
adjective
brick-and-mor·tar
ˈbrik-ən(d)-ˈmȯr-tər 
variants
or bricks-and-mortar
: relating to or being a traditional business serving customers in a building as contrasted to an online business
a brick-and-mortar store
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Make sure to include a variety of banks and credit unions, including online and brick-and-mortar ones.
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Aly J Yale, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet, independent German brands have largely steered clear of bricks-and-mortar.
—Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
Care Beyond the Boulevard, which began a decade ago as a mobile health provider for Kansas City’s unhoused residents, has expanded to include this brick-and-mortar clinic where people can come for free health care and other services.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
E-commerce and brick-and-mortar logged modest gains, with the latter, which included one store in Milan and one in London, contributing to a 15 percent year-over-year growth in retail revenues.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
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Aly J Yale, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet, independent German brands have largely steered clear of bricks-and-mortar.
—Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
Care Beyond the Boulevard, which began a decade ago as a mobile health provider for Kansas City’s unhoused residents, has expanded to include this brick-and-mortar clinic where people can come for free health care and other services.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
E-commerce and brick-and-mortar logged modest gains, with the latter, which included one store in Milan and one in London, contributing to a 15 percent year-over-year growth in retail revenues.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for brick-and-mortar
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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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