brique — meaning in English

English meaning

• brick noun A hard rectangular block of baked clay or similar material, used for building walls.
• doorstop noun Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.

Senses

brique is used for these senses in English:

• building block (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
• doorstop (jocular) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.

brick — full definition

1. noun A hard rectangular block of baked clay or similar material, used for building walls.
2. noun Slang: an electronic device that has stopped working entirely, especially after a failed update.
3. noun Slang: a compact block-shaped unit of something, such as a kilogram of a drug or an external power adapter.
4. verb To ruin an electronic device so badly that it becomes permanently unusable.
5. verb To build or line something with bricks.

doorstop — full definition

1. noun Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
2. noun A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
3. noun Eggcorn of doorstep.
4. noun An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.

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