brick in English: A small hard block of baked clay used for building walls and houses. (noun)

Translation

A small hard block of baked clay used for building walls and houses.

Word origin

From Old French brique, likely from Middle Dutch bricke, a broken piece of baked clay.

Gender

Pluralbricks

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Here "brick" means the material, so it has no plural.

ladder.

As single blocks, "bricks" takes a normal plural.

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"Brick" can describe another noun, like a brick wall or a brick house.

wall

A tall, flat side of a room or building, or one that stands outside.

build

To make something by putting parts together, like a house or a wall.

house

A building where people live, usually a home for one family.

stone

A small, hard piece of rock that you can pick up in your hand.

work

To do a job or use effort to make or finish something.

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