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  • adjective Resembling a brick

Etymologies

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brick +‎ -like

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Examples

  • They used stencils to etch a bricklike pattern of grooves in the asphalt itself and then painted it red, so it looks (a little bit) like a brick crosswalk.

    Matthew Yglesias » Against the Brick 2009

  • They came open and spilled out objects, including the bricklike Toughbooks, across the floor.

    True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010

  • In older days, the cruel word “hillbilly” would have applied to such concentration knitting the brow, the bricklike chin, the eyes so close together.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • In older days, the cruel word “hillbilly” would have applied to such concentration knitting the brow, the bricklike chin, the eyes so close together.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • On Saturday I got taken by a fit of baking and produced a loaf of wholemeal sunflower seed bread and some wholemeal danish pastries which are a trifle bricklike, if truth be told, but the flavour is good.

    Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood... Imogen 2009

  • In older days, the cruel word “hillbilly” would have applied to such concentration knitting the brow, the bricklike chin, the eyes so close together.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • "It often takes an outside pair of eyes to see the design culture of a country more clearly," explains Horbury, who transformed Volvo's bricklike cars into stylish studies in Swedish design.

    BRITISH INVASION 2007

  • "It often takes an outside pair of eyes to see the design culture of a country more clearly," explains Horbury, who transformed Volvo's bricklike cars into stylish studies in Swedish design.

    BRITISH INVASION 2007

  • The drawings were "too angular or too bricklike or look like something out of 'Buck Rogers'," Lutz recalls thinking at the time.

    The Fast And The Luxurious 2007

  • If all that matters to you in a smart phone is size, the Nokia 9300 might not be for you, even though it's smaller than its bricklike predecessors.

    MINI-ME LAPTOP 2007

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