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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Colleges with strong name recognition use this to be able to charge similar tuition and fees for on-line programs as traditional brick-and-mortar courses, at a fraction of the cost.
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Scott White, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
In the bricks-and-mortar, Cox fills the display case with chocolate and marble cupcakes iced with a rainbow swirl of thick Swiss buttercream.
—Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The Union Beer interlude kicked off the search for a brick-and-mortar spot, always a difficult process in Miami’s expensive and ever-shifting culinary landscape.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
The company then bought One Medical for $3.9 billion in 2023, among its largest acquisitions ever, giving Amazon access to a chain of brick-and-mortar primary care clinics and a robust membership base.
—Ashley Capoot,annie Palmer, CNBC, 13 June 2025
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Scott White, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
In the bricks-and-mortar, Cox fills the display case with chocolate and marble cupcakes iced with a rainbow swirl of thick Swiss buttercream.
—Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The Union Beer interlude kicked off the search for a brick-and-mortar spot, always a difficult process in Miami’s expensive and ever-shifting culinary landscape.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
The company then bought One Medical for $3.9 billion in 2023, among its largest acquisitions ever, giving Amazon access to a chain of brick-and-mortar primary care clinics and a robust membership base.
—Ashley Capoot,annie Palmer, CNBC, 13 June 2025
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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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