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

Thin partitions marked an early attempt to slice the space into smaller rooms, but the original brick walls remained bare, shivering with cobwebs, where someone had pasted a picture of a man, holy hands bracketing a redbrick heart. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Think of it as a brick wall, with tough skin cells as the bricks and lipids like ceramides, cholesterol and fatty acids as the mortar. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Walk in, find a table between the brick walls, order a bottle, and settle in. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026

Zverev has one of the most lethal backhands in the game, if not the best, and the Grand Slam experience to know when to become a brick wall in a rally and let his opponent make a mistake. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Sep. 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