brickˈbat noun

1. A piece of brick, esp if used as a missile
2. A critical remark

brickˈclay noun

1. A clay containing sand and a good deal of iron
2. Any clay, loam or earth used for brickmaking

brickˈ-dust noun

1. Powdered brick
2. The colour of powdered red brick

brickˈ-earth noun

A clayey silt or loam used for brickmaking

brickˈfield noun

A place where bricks are made

brickˈfielder noun (Aust)

A hot dry wind (orig one bringing dust from the brickfields of Sydney suburbs)

brickˈ-kiln noun

A kiln in which bricks are made

brickˈlayer noun

In the building trade, a person who lays and builds with bricks

brickˈlaying noun

brickˈmaker noun

brickˈmaking noun

brickˈ-nog or brickˈ-nogging see nog²

brick-redˈ adjective

Of the colour of an ordinary red brick

bricksˈ-and-morˈtar adjective

(of a commercial enterprise, etc) not using the Internet to conduct its business

brickˈ-shaped adjective

Of the shape of a standard brick

brickˈ-tea noun

Tea pressed into cakes

brickˈwork noun

1. Work constructed in brick
2. Bricklaying

brickˈworks noun

A factory producing bricks

brickˈyard noun

A brickfield

drop a brick

To say or do something horrifyingly tactless or indiscreet

like a ton of bricks

Heavily and promptly

like banging (or knocking) one's head against a brick wall

Said of a laborious but unrewarding attempt, eg to persuade, inform, etc

make bricks without straw

1. To try to do a piece of work without the materials necessary for it
2. To make something that will not last

see through a brick wall

To be unusually perspicacious