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Collocations for brick - noun

ADJECTIVE

red
a house of red brick
adobe, clay, concrete, glass, mud
house (BrE)

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VERB + brick

lay
Chuck decided to lay the bricks himself.
use
We rebuilt the fireplace using salvaged bricks.
hurl (esp. BrE), throw

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brick + NOUN

wall
building, house, structure
facade
works (usually brickworks)
He got a job at the local brickworks.

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PREPOSITION

in brick, of brick
houses of brick

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PHRASES

brick by brick
They moved the whole house, brick by brick.
bricks and mortar (figurative)
to invest in bricks and mortar
a course of bricks
They put an extra course of bricks around the pool.

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