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brick
English
Etymology
From Middle English brik, bryke, bricke, from Middle Dutch bricke ("cracked or broken brick; tile-stone"; modern Dutch brik), whence also Old French briche and French brique (“brick”). Compare also German Low German Brickje (“small board, tray”). Related to break.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: br?k, IPA(key): /b??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
brick (countable and uncountable, plural bricks)
- (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- This wall is made of bricks.
- (uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
- This house is made of brick.
- (countable) Something shaped like a brick.
- a plastic explosive brick
- 2011, Seth Kenlon, Revolution Radio (page 70)
- The handyman considered the question and I knew she had a brick of ground beans in her bag but was considering whether the beds and a hot drink was worth a brick of coffee.
- 2012, Kevin Sampson, Powder (page 34)
- He disentangled himself from the safe door and delved inside. He brought out a brick of banknotes.
- (slang, dated) A helpful and reliable person.
- Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick.
- 1903 Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, ch. 48:
- Theobald's mind worked in this way: "Now, I know Ernest has told this boy what a disagreeable person I am, and I will just show him that I am not disagreeable at all, but a good old fellow, a jolly old boy, in fact a regular old brick, and that it is Ernest who is in fault all through."
- (basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
- We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land.
- (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
- (computing slang, figuratively) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
- (firearms) A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
- (poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
- The colour brick red.
- (slang) One kilo of cocaine.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Welsh: brics
Translations
Adjective
brick (not comparable)
- (colloquial, African-American Vernacular, New England, of weather) Extremely cold.
- 2005, Vibe (volume 12, number 14, page 102)
- And while the tropics are definitely the place to be when it's brick outside, rocking a snorkel on the beach only works when you're snorkeling.
- 2014, Ray Mack, Underestimated: A Searcher's Story (?ISBN), page 89:
- He was always hanging tight with me and since he had access to a ride . . . it made traveling easier. I mean it was no biggie brain buster to take the train, but when it's brick outside . . . fuck the A train.
- 2005, Vibe (volume 12, number 14, page 102)
Derived terms
- brick shithouse
Translations
Verb
brick (third-person singular simple present bricks, present participle bricking, simple past and past participle bricked)
- To build with bricks.
- 1914, The Mining Engineer, Institution of Mining Engineers, page 349
- The shaft was next bricked between the decks until the top scaffold was supported by the brickwork and [made] to share the weight with the prids.
- 1914, The Mining Engineer, Institution of Mining Engineers, page 349
- To make into bricks.
- 1904 September 15, James C. Bennett, Walter Renton Ingalls (editor), Lead Smelting and Refining with Some Notes on Lead Mining (1906), The Engineering and Mining Journal, page 66
- The plant, which is here described, for bricking fine ores and flue dust, was designed and the plans produced in the engineering department of the Selby smelter.
- 1904 September 15, James C. Bennett, Walter Renton Ingalls (editor), Lead Smelting and Refining with Some Notes on Lead Mining (1906), The Engineering and Mining Journal, page 66
- (slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
- (computing slang) To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
- My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.
- 2007 December 14, Joe Barr, “PacketProtector turns SOHO router into security powerhouse”, Linux.com
- installing third-party firmware will void your warranty, and it is possible that you may brick your router.
- 2016, Alex Hern, Revolv devices bricked as Google's Nest shuts down smart home company (in The Guardian)
- Google owner Alphabet’s subsidiary Nest is closing a smart-home company it bought less than two years ago, leaving customers’ devices useless as of May. […] The company declined to share how many customers would be left with bricked devices as a result of the shutdown.
Antonyms
- (technology, slang: revert a device to the operational state): unbrick
Derived terms
- bricker
- brick in
- brick over
- brick up
- brick it
Translations
See also
- brickfielder
- brick it
Further reading
- brick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “brick”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
French
Etymology
From English brig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ik/
Noun
brick m (plural bricks)
- (nautical) A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
- A fritter with a filling.
Further reading
- “brick” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Manx
Noun
brick m pl
- plural of breck
Mutation
Scots
Verb
brick
- South Scots form of brak (“to break”)
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mason
English
Etymology
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maci? (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from a derivative of Frankish *mak?n (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matj?, *mattukaz (“ploghshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?s?n/
- Rhymes: -e?s?n
Noun
mason (plural masons)
- A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick
- One who prepares stone for building purposes.
- A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mason (third-person singular simple present masons, present participle masoning, simple past and past participle masoned)
- (transitive, normally with a preposition) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons
- to mason up a well or terrace
- to mason in a kettle or boiler
Translations
Anagrams
- Manso, NOMAS, Osman, manos, moans, monas, soman
Esperanto
Noun
mason
- accusative singular of maso
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
mason
- fruit of the Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Ziziphus vulgaris)
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Polish
Etymology
From French maçon, from Middle French maçon (“mason”), from Old French maçon, masson, machun (“brick-layer”), from Late Latin maci?, machi? (“carpenter, brick-layer”), from a derivative of Frankish *mak?n (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matj?, *mattukaz (“ploughshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.s?n/
Noun
mason m pers (feminine masonka)
- mason, Freemason
- Synonym: wolnomularz
Declension
Further reading
- mason in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- mason in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French maçon
Noun
mason m (plural masoni)
- freemason
Declension
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
mason
- fruit of the Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Ziziphus vulgaris)
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
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