brick
/brɪk/
US pronunciation
American sound/brɪk/
brick
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- Short i vowel
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US voice -> brick
Myanmar meaning
(n) အုတ်ခဲ။
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၁။ [C, U] အုတ် (ခဲ)။ a pile of bricks ❍ houses built/made of red brick ❍ a brick wall. See also REDBRICK
၂။ [C] အိမ်ဆောက်တမ်း ကစားစရာ သစ်သားတုံး။
၃။ [C] အုတ်ခဲပုံ အတုံး (အထူးသဖြင့်) ရေခဲမုန့်တုံး။
၄။ [C] (dated Brit infml ) အားကိုးရသူ။ မိတ်ဆွေကောင်း။ She's been a real brick, looking after me while I've been ill.
❏ brick sth in/up [PHRV ] အုတ်ဖြင့် အသေပိတ်သည်။ brick up a window/doorway/fireplace to prevent draughts.
❏ make bricks without straw [IDM ] (Brit ) အစစ ပြည့်ပြည့်စုံစုံမရှိဘဲ လုပ်ရန်ကြိုးစားသည်။ ငွေတစ်ပဲနှင့် ငါးကြင်းခေါင်း ကိုင်သည်။
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element, block, unit, bone, piece, bister, brickwork, brown, burnt sienna, cake, chestnut, chocolate, cinder block, cinnamon, cobblestone, cobblestoned, cocoa, copper, cube, duster, fawner, flagstone, hazel, henna, ingot, khaki, lay asphalt, lay concrete, lump, macadamize, mahogany, ochre, pave, puce, russet, sepia, slab, snuff-colored, sorrel, stone, tablet, tar, terra cotta, terracotta, tiled, tiling, toaster, umber
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