brick and mortar
Buildings, especially domestic housingBuildings, especially domestic housing.
» We can build a wall with bricks and mortar.
Мы можем построить стену из кирпичей и цемента. — odexed
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2 senses(UK, uncountable)Buildings, especially domestic housing.
(uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, and, mortar.
Examples
2 sentencesWe can build a wall with bricks and mortar.
ruМы можем построить стену из кирпичей и цемента. — odexed
I prefer to shop at brick-and-mortar stores.
deIch kaufe lieber in richtigen Geschäften statt im Netz ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.