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redbrick

redbrick adjective: of, or relating to a red brick university. Also the clipping of red brick university.

Adjective

redbrick (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to a red brick university
  2. made of red brick
    • And stolid, True Blue, Protestant Rangers in their redbrick cotadel south of the Clyde.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 205

Also used as

redbrick is also the clipping of red brick university.

Forms of redbrick

Adjective
alternative formred-brick
Noun
pluralredbricks

Origin of redbrick

From red + brick.

Phrases with redbrick

Questions about redbrick

What does redbrick mean?
Redbrick means of, or relating to a red brick university.
What part of speech is redbrick?
Redbrick is an adjective.

Words near redbrick in the dictionary

  1. redbooks
  2. Redbourn
  3. Redbournberry
  4. redbreast
  5. redbreasts
  6. redbrick
  7. redbrick universities
  8. redbrick university
  9. redbricks
  10. Redbridge
  11. Redbrook

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