brick
b rik
- n rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
- n a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
- Nik Smith, a photo-supply manager, recalls how he once lived overlooking a brick alley near Chicago's downtown Loop.
- The colorful bricks have littered playroom floors for generations of families.
- Police said they had rescued more than 500 people from forced labor in brick kilns, where they were worked 18 hours a day and beaten if they tried to escape.