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red brick universities

red brick universities noun: the collection of red brick universities as a whole (usually so as to draw attention to some shared characteristic or to indicate some contrast with Oxbridge or other British universities). Also the plural of red brick university.

Noun

red brick universities

  1. (collective) The collection of red brick universities as a whole (usually so as to draw attention to some shared characteristic or to indicate some contrast with Oxbridge or other British universities).

Also used as

red brick universities is also the plural of red brick university.

Forms of red brick universities

alternative formredbrick universities

Questions about red brick universities

What does red brick universities mean?
Red brick universities means the collection of red brick universities as a whole (usually so as to draw attention to some shared characteristic or to indicate some contrast with Oxbridge or other British universities).
What part of speech is red brick universities?
Red brick universities is a noun.

Words near red brick universities in the dictionary

  1. red bourgeoisie
  2. red bourgeoisies
  3. red box
  4. red boxes
  5. red brass
  6. red brick universities
  7. red brick university
  8. Red Brigades
  9. red brush
  10. red bug
  11. red building paper

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