brick up
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To build a supporting structure out of brick in order to form the containing walls of a mould.
Example Sentences
- "I am going to brick up the window instead of replacing the glass."
- "The tunnel's mouth was bricked up because it was unsafe."
- "Or it may be that the trains continue to pass but never more will stop, and the platforms are stripped and laid bare, the doorways bricked up, the overbridges dismantled, and the empty buildings stare out upon the passing trains with the reproachful melancholy of an old tombstone in a city churchyard overlooking a city street."
- "The chest was bricked up into the wall."
- "We've encountered servers bricked up into secret rooms many times, but never a UPS hidden behind a locked door."
- "She’s got a little meat along her lats and femur muscles that bricks me up more."