Words / A2

BRIK/brɪk/

A brick is a hard rectangular block for building walls: a brick wall, a pile of bricks. Break is the verb to smash — different spelling. Brick by brick means slowly, piece by piece.

Meaning

A hard block of baked clay used for building walls.

Examples

• “The house is made of red brick.”
• “The old house is built of red brick.”
• “Someone threw a brick through the window.”

Good to know

a brick wall / made of brick. Mix-up: break.

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