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单词 bricks and mortar
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bricks and mortar


noun

  1. a building or buildingshe invested in bricks and mortar rather than stocks and shares
  2. (as modifier)a bricks-and-mortar fortune
  1. a physical business premises rather than an internet presence
  2. (as modifier)bricks-and-mortar firms

Words nearby bricks and mortar

brickle, brickmaking, Brickner's position, brick red, bricks and clicks, bricks and mortar, bricks shy of a load, bricktop, brick veneer, brickwork, bricky
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with bricks and mortar

bricks and mortar

Basic and essential, as in Matthew Arnold's essay (1865): “Margate, that bricks-and-mortar image of British Protestantism.” This phrase transfers essential building materials to other fundamental matters. It also may be used more literally to denote a building or buildings (whether or not made of bricks and mortar), as in The alumni prefer to see their donations in the form of bricks and mortar. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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