brick and tile — ▪ building material Introduction structural clay products, manufactured as standard units, used in building construction. The brick, first produced in a sun dried form at least 6,000 years ago and the forerunner of a wide range of… … Universalium
BRICK — Brick is a form of man made masonry that can be layered to enclose a space or held together with a mortar binder to create a structural support. Brick is made of a mixture of clay and sand, while the mortar is made of sand and a paste. The… … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
Brick Romanesque — ( de. Backsteinromanik) is an architectural style and chronological phase of architectural history. The term described Romanesque buildings built of brick; like the subsequent Brick Gothic, it is geographically limited to Northern Germany and the … Wikipedia
Building 470 — Building 470, called the “Pilot Plant” or sometimes “Anthrax Tower”, was a notorious seven story steel and brick building at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, USA, used in the small scale production of biological warfare (BW) agents. The… … Wikipedia
Brick Renaissance — is the Northern European continuation of brick architecture after Brick Romanesque and Brick Gothic. Although the term Brick Gothic is often used generally for all of this architecture, especially in regard to the Hanseatic cities of the Baltic,… … Wikipedia
building — noun 1) a brick building Syn: structure, construction, edifice, erection; property, premises, establishment 2) the building of power stations Syn: construction, erection, fabrication, assembly … Thesaurus of popular words
brick veneer — noun A type of house construction which uses a timber frame for its structure (ie. the roof is held up by timber framing) but has bricks built up around the outside walls. The idea is to give the solid look of a brick building, but with a cheaper … Wiktionary
building material — noun material used for constructing buildings • Hypernyms: ↑artifact, ↑artefact • Hyponyms: ↑brick, ↑building block, ↑stone, ↑bricks and mortar, ↑cement, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
brick-and-mortar — UK US adjective [before noun] (also bricks and mortar) ► used to describe a traditional business that operates in a building, when compared to one that operates over the internet: »brick and mortar stores/retailers »Online retailers try to lure… … Financial and business terms
Brick and mortar business — Brick and mortar (B M) refers to a company which possesses a building for operations [ [http://techdivas.com/newpage411.htm Bricks Morter ] ] . The phrase can be a misnomer since not all buildings are physically constructed from bricks and mortar … Wikipedia
brick — [brik] n. [ME brike < MDu < breken, BREAK (in sense “piece of baked clay”) & MFr brique < OFr, of same orig.] 1. a substance made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc … English World dictionary