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• BRICK —    Brick is a form of man made masonry that can be layered to enclose a space or held together with a mortar binder to create a structural support. Brick is made of a mixture of clay and sand, while the mortar is made of sand and a paste. The… …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• brick — [brik] n. [ME brike < MDu < breken, BREAK (in sense “piece of baked clay”) & MFr brique < OFr, of same orig.] 1. a substance made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc …   English World dictionary

• brick — ► NOUN 1) a small rectangular block of fired or sun dried clay, used in building. 2) Brit. a child s toy building block. 3) Brit. informal, dated a generous, helpful, and reliable person. ► VERB ▪ block or enclose with a wall of bricks. ● bricks… …   English terms dictionary

• brick and tile — ▪ building material Introduction       structural clay products, manufactured as standard units, used in building construction.       The brick, first produced in a sun dried form at least 6,000 years ago and the forerunner of a wide range of… …   Universalium

• brick — bricklike, brickish, adj. /brik/, n. 1. a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 21/4 × 33/4 × 8 in. (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or… …   Universalium

• clay mineral — any of a group of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals, as kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite, that constitute the major portion of most clays. [1945 50] * * * Any of a group of important hydrous aluminum silicates with a layered structure and… …   Universalium

• brick — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a a small, usu. rectangular, block of fired or sun dried clay, used in building. b the material used to make these. c a similar block of concrete etc. 2 Brit. a child s toy building block. 3 a brick shaped solid object (a… …   Useful english dictionary

• clay — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clǣg; akin to Old High German klīwa bran, Latin gluten glue, Middle Greek glia Date: before 12th century 1. a. an earthy material that is plastic when moist but hard when… …   New Collegiate Dictionary