noun
building material consisting of bricks laid with mortar between them
• Hypernyms: ↑building material
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bricks and mortar
Brit : houses and other buildings especially when people consider buying them because of their possible future value
Market uncertainties have been driving the rush to invest in bricks and mortar.
— see also ↑brick-and-mortar
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Main Entry: ↑brick
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bricks and ˈmortar idiom
buildings, when you are thinking of them in connection with how much they cost to build or how much they are worth
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They put their money into bricks and mortar.
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(business)a new Internet company without a lot of bricks-and-mortar businesses
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(NAmE also)brick-and-mortar businesses
Useful english dictionary. 2012.