Brick | Mean of brick in English Dictionary

/ˈbrɪk/

• Noun
• a small, hard block of baked clay that is used to build structures (such as houses) and sometimes to make streets, paths, etc.
1. a pile of bricks
• blocks of baked clay used as building material
1. a house made of brick
2. Most of the buildings in the town are (made of) brick.
3. a brick wall/building/oven
4. a brick sidewalk
• a block of something
1. a brick of ice cream
2. a glass brick

• a child's toy block
1. children playing with wooden bricks
• a helpful or dependable person
1. He has been an absolute brick.
• houses and other buildings especially when people consider buying them because of their possible future value
1. Market uncertainties have been driving the rush to invest in bricks and mortar.
• very hard or severely
1. The loss of his job hit him like a ton of bricks. [=hit him very hard; made him very upset, unhappy, etc.]
2. Our boss came down on us like a ton of bricks [=got very angry at us] when he found out we had missed the meeting.
• Verb
• to cover or block (something) with bricks
1. They bricked up the windows.