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bricken

/ˈbɹɪkən/

bricken adjective: made of brick.

Adjective

bricken (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Made of brick.
    • […] in this country, I say, where the people pass at least seven-eighths of their time within doors, it is but natural that the word home should have extended itself into something more than a mere covering—a bricken case for our bodies (like the Italian casa).1852, Charles John Chetwynd Talbot Shrewsbury, Meliora, page 260
    • In a minute or two the train turns the angle of the line, and then through what a bricken wilderness of roofs it seems to be ploughing its way, and how odd the people look, as they slide swiftly by, in their wretched garrets!1857, Henry Mayhew, The Great World of London

Origin of bricken

From brick + -en.

Words that rhyme with bricken

Questions about bricken

What does bricken mean?
Bricken means made of brick.
What part of speech is bricken?
Bricken is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bricken?
Bricken is pronounced /ˈbɹɪkən/.

Words near bricken in the dictionary

  1. bricked up
  2. Brickell
  3. brickellbush
  4. brickellin
  5. Brickells
  6. bricken
  7. bricker
  8. brickeries
  9. brickers
  10. brickery
  11. Bricket Wood

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