a rectangular block of baked clay and sand used for building or paving purposes, ranging in colour from a deep bluish black through a rich red brown to a pale yellowish fawn
a small block used as a children's toy
a rectangular compressed mass, e.g. of ice cream
Brit, informal, dated a reliable, resolute, or undaunted person; a stalwart
Angela, you're a real brick
[Middle English bryke via Old French brique from early Dutch bricke; related to Old English brecan break1]