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brick phone

brick phone noun: a cellular telephone with proportions and weight similar to a brick.

brick phone: a cellular telephone with proportions and weight similar to a brick
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Noun

brick phone (plural brick phones)

  1. A cellular telephone with proportions and weight similar to a brick.
    • He pulls out a Foundation brickphone from his pack. He pushes some buttons, entering coordinates, and then retreats far down the road.29 February 2020, qntm, “Blood/Brain”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 204
    Synonyms:
    bar phone, clamshell phone, flip phone, slide phone//slider phone
  2. An older cellular telephone that is not a smartphone.
    • Near-synonym: dumbphone

Synonyms of brick phone

Forms of brick phone

pluralbrick phones
alternative formbrickphone

Questions about brick phone

What does brick phone mean?
Brick phone means a cellular telephone with proportions and weight similar to a brick.
What part of speech is brick phone?
Brick phone is a noun.
What is the plural of brick phone?
The plural of brick phone is brick phones.

Words near brick phone in the dictionary

  1. brick off
  2. brick oneself
  3. brick over
  4. brick pack
  5. brick packs
  6. brick phone
  7. brick phones
  8. brick red
  9. brick reds
  10. brick shithouse
  11. brick shithouses

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