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brick • n. a small rectangular block typically made of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building. ∎  bricks collectively as a building material: this mill was built of brick. ∎  a small, rectangular object: a brick of ice cream. • v. [tr.] (often be bricked) block or enclose with a wall of bricks: the doors have been bricked up.PHRASES: hit (or run into) a brick wall face an insuperable problem or obstacle while trying to do something.like a ton of bricks inf. with crushing weight, force, or authority: all her years of marriage suddenly fell on her like a ton of bricks.

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