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brick A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a unit primarily composed of clay. But is now also used informally to denote building un ...
is an artificial stone made by forming clay into hardened rectangular blocks. Brick, Bricks, The Bricks or BRICKS may also refer to:


Arts and entertainment


Music


Bands

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Brick (band) Brick is an American band that created a successful merger of funk and jazz in the 1970s. Their most popular single was " Dazz", (#3 U.S. Pop, #1 U.S. R&B, #36 UK Singles Chart) which was released in 1976. History Brick was formed in Atla ...
, an American band formed in 1972 * Bricks (band), a late 1980s lo-fi alternative band fronted by Mac McCaughan, of Superchunk


Albums and soundtracks

* ''Brick'' (Brick album), released in 1977 * ''Brick'' (Talking Heads album), released in 2005 * ''Bricks'' (album), by Benny Tipene, released in 2014 * ''Bricks'', a 1975 album by
Hello People Hello People was a rock group that was created in New York City in late 1967 by producer Lou Futterman. History The idea for creating the group stemmed from Marcel Carné's 1945 film ''Children of Paradise'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis''). Eti ...
* '' The Brick: Bodega Chronicles'', 2007 debut album by American rapper Joell Ortiz * ''The Bricks'' (album), by Outsidaz, released in 2001 * ''Brick'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2005 film


Songs

* "Brick" (song), 1997 song by Ben Folds Five * "Bricks", a song by Rise Against from ''
The Sufferer & the Witness ''The Sufferer & the Witness'' is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, released on July 4, 2006. A melodic hardcore album, it comprises thirteen tracks that focus on melody, catchy hooks, and rapid-paced tempo. Socia ...
'', 2006 * "Bricks", a deluxe edition track on the album '' The State vs. Radric Davis'' * "Bricks", a 1988 song by
Crimpshrine Crimpshrine was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bisho ...


Fictional characters

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Brick (comics) Brick (Daniel "Danny" Brickwell) is a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of Green Arrow. Although his origin has not been revealed, Brick is a metahuman with a reddish, stony skin that granted him immense strength and durability. His success as an un ...
, a DC Comics villain, enemy of Green Arrow * ''
Brick Bradford ''Brick Bradford'' is a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, a journalist based in Cleveland, and artist Clarence Gray. It was first distributed on August 21, 1933 by Central Press Association, a subsidiary of King Feature ...
'', the titular hero of a science fiction comic strip from 1933 to 1987 * Brick, in the ''Discworld'' novel ''
Thud! ''Thud!'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 34th book in the ''Discworld'' series, first released in the United States on 13 September 2005, then the United Kingdom on 1 October 2005. It was released in the U.S. three wee ...
'' * Brick, a member of
The Rowdyruff Boys ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American animated franchise that takes place in the fictional city of Townsville and stars the titular Powerpuff Girls — Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup — who appear in the original TV series, the anime adaptatio ...
, a group of characters in the animated series ''The Powerpuff Girls'' * Brick the Berserker, from the video game ''
Borderlands A borderland or borderlands are the geographical space or zone around a territorial border. Borderland or borderlands may refer to: Places * Borderland, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia * Borderland (elec ...
'' * Dr. Brick Breeland, on the TV show ''
Hart of Dixie ''Hart of Dixie'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from September 26, 2011, to March 27, 2015. The series, created by Leila Gerstein, stars Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, a New Yorker who, after her dreams of ...
'', portrayed by Tim Matheson * Brick Heck, on the TV show '' The Middle'' * Brick McArthur, a character from '' Total Drama: Revenge of the Island'' * Brick Pollitt, in the play ''
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' is a 1955 American three-act play by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his ...
'' and its film adaptations * Brick Tamland, in the film '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' * Brick, a rat from the game ''
Pizza Tower ''Pizza Tower'' is a 2023 platform game created by the indie developer Tour De Pizza. It follows the pizza chef Peppino Spaghetti, who must scale a tower to prevent the destruction of his pizzeria. Across 20 side-scrolling levels, the player i ...
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Other arts and entertainment

* ''Brick'' (film), a 2005 American neo-noir thriller * ''Brick'' (magazine), a literary magazine established in 1977 * ''
Equivalent VIII ''Equivalent VIII'', 1966, 120 Firebricks, , occasionally referred to as ''The Bricks'', is the last of a series of minimalist sculptures by Carl Andre. The sculpture consists of 120 fire bricks, arranged in two layers, in a six-by-ten rectan ...
'', occasionally referred to as ''The Bricks'', a sculpture by Carl Andre constructed in 1966


Businesses

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The Brick The Brick Ltd. is a Canadian retailer of furniture, mattresses, home appliance, appliances and home electronics. The company was founded as The Brick Warehouse LP by brothers, John, Fred, and Bill Comrie. The first warehouse opened on Septembe ...
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Brick Brewing Company Waterloo Brewing LTD. (formerly the ''Brick Brewing Co.'') is a brewery based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, with several divisions. The company is reportedly the largest Canadian-owned brewer in the province, and it was also Ontario's first mod ...
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The Brick Theater The Brick Theater is a venue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that presents dance, performance art, drag, comedy, film, music, experimental theatre, and more. Gothamist has hailed the space as “one of the city’s most reliable sources for smart, funny, ...
, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, US * The Brick, a bar in Roslyn, Washington, US, featured in the 1990s television series ''
Northern Exposure ''Northern Exposure'' is an American comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents in the fictitious town of Cicely, Alaska, that originally aired on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It rec ...
'' * Brick Academy, a school in New Jersey, US


Places

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Brick Township, New Jersey Brick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality,
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Brick City Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.

Science and technology

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Brick (electronics) A brick (or bricked device) is a mobile device, game console, router, computer or other electronic device that is no longer functional due to corrupted firmware, a hardware problem, or other damage. The term analogizes the device to a bric ...
, a nonfunctioning electronic device * Brick game, an umbrella term for commonly cloned
handheld electronic games Handheld electronic games are interactive electronic games, often miniaturized versions of video games, that are played on portable handheld devices, known as handheld game consoles, whose controls, display and speakers are all part of a singl ...
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Brick red Varieties of the color red may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness), lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a ...
, a color * Brick (moth), a common name for the moth ''Agrochola circellaris'' *
Motorola DynaTAC The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994. Unveiled on March 6, 1983, the DynaTAC was the first commercially available handheld cellular phone. A full charge took roughly 10 hours, and it offered ...
, an early cellular phone commonly referred to as "the brick" * BRICKS (software), a software framework for digital libraries


Sports and games

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Brick (basketball) This glossary of basketball terms is a list of definitions of terms used in the game of basketball. Like any other major sport, basketball features its own extensive vocabulary of unique words and phrases used by players, coaches, sports journ ...
, a slang term for a poor shot * Brick, a poker term for a useless card * Brick, a type of back-to-back
triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the ...
workout involving two disciplines, most commonly cycling and running


Other uses

* Brick (name), a list of people with the surname, given name or nickname *
Brick Lane Brick Lane () is a street in the East End of London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest, mo ...
, London, England * Brick (keelboat), a French sailboat design *
Brick cheese Brick cheese is a cheese originating in Wisconsin, United States, made in brick-shaped form due to (originally) using actual bricks to form the shape. The color ranges from pale yellow to white with an orange rind. When unaged, this cheese has a ...
, a surface-ripened cheese from Wisconsin, US * ''
El ladrillo ''El ladrillo'' (English: ''The Brick'') is a study considered the base of many of the economic policies followed by the military dictatorship that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. La transformación económica de chilena entre 1973-2003'. Memoria ...
'' (''The Brick''), a text on the Chilean economy


See also

* * * Bric (disambiguation) * Brico (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo