brick wall

noun

Synonyms of brick wallnext
1
: a wall made of brick
2
: an immovable block or obstruction
the plan ran into a brick wall

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Poking over a brick wall painted the same bright red as the club’s shirts is the West Stand, first opened in 1904 and updated by renowned architect Archibald Leitch six years later. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Original brick walls and soaring warehouse windows meet contemporary metal fixtures that just so happen to be trendy, but are not entirely devoid of the past. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026 Industry fire-rating tables show that a solid brick wall only about 150 millimeters thick can withstand four hours of standard fire exposure. — Giorgia Giardina, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 Taylor Trammell then smacked his first triple of the year off the brick wall in right field before Allen sent him home with the go-ahead run off Keaton Winn (2-3). — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brick wall

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of brick wall was in the 15th century

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