mattone — meaning in English

English meaning

• brick noun A hard rectangular block of baked clay or similar material, used for building walls.

Senses

mattone is used for these senses in English:

• brick (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
• brick (uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
• brick The colour brick red.

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.

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