Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbrick

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-brick
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reopen something bricked up.

Transitive verb

verb

To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative).

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The skylight, although it had been bricked up by someone’s hysterical order, at that time in the past when a man had penetrated the attic-floor of the club to visit a girl, was not beyond being unbricked by the firemen. It was all a question of time."
""My folks are off playing golf, and Marci's going to that Summer Fun thing at the school. Which means we'll have plenty of time to unbrick that door and see what's behind it.""
"Using JTAG to Unbrick Your Router"

Etymology

From un- + brick.

Usage

Inflected Forms

unbricks (present, singular) unbricking (participle, present) unbricked (participle, past) unbricked (past)

Questions

What does unbrick mean?: To reopen something bricked up.
Where does unbrick come from?: From un- + brick.

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