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{
"term": "brick",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/ho/house_2.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "baked clay used for building walls, houses and other buildings; an individual block of this",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The school is built of brick."
},
{
"text": "a pile of bricks"
},
{
"text": "a brick wall"
},
{
"text": "He got a job at the local brick works."
},
{
"text": "Conservationists moved the whole house, brick by brick."
},
{
"text": "They put an extra course of bricks around the pool."
},
{
"text": "We rebuilt the fireplace using salvaged bricks."
},
{
"text": "a house of red brick"
},
{
"text": "learning to lay bricks properly"
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings", "Physics and chemistry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["red", "adobe", "clay"],
"verb + brick": ["lay", "use", "hurl"],
"brick + noun": ["wall", "building", "house"],
"preposition": ["in brick", "of brick"],
"phrases": ["brick by brick", "bricks and mortar", "a course of bricks"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a plastic or wooden block, used as a toy for young children to build things with",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a friend that you can rely on when you need help",
"labels": "(British English, old-fashioned, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Thanks for looking after the children today—you're a real brick."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to keep trying to do something that will never be successful",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to say something that offends or embarrasses somebody, although you did not intend to",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very nervous",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very nervous",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very heavily; very severely",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Disappointment hit her like a ton of bricks."
},
{
"text": "They **came down on him like a ton of bricks** *(= criticized him very severely)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to try to work without the necessary material, money, information, etc.",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/brɪk/",
"audio": "br/brick/brick__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/brɪk/",
"audio": "br/brick/brick__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch bricke, brike; probably reinforced by Old French brique; of unknown ultimate origin."
}