brick-and-mortar

[ brik-uhn-mawr-ter ]

/ ˈbrɪk ənˈmɔr tər /

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adjective

pertaining to conventional stores, businesses, etc., having physical buildings and facilities, as opposed to internet or remote services.

made of bricks and mortar.

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Also bricks-and-mor·tar

[briks-uhn-mawr-ter] /ˈbrɪks ənˈmɔr tər/ .

Origin of brick-and-mortar

First recorded in 1860–65 for def. 2; def. 1 in 1985–90

Words nearby brick-and-mortar

bribery, bric-a-brac, Brice, bricht, brick, brick-and-mortar, brickbat, brick cheese, brickearth, Bricker operation, brickfield

How to use brick-and-mortar in a sentence

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
To hear the creature talk about it makes my mouth as a brick kiln and my flesh as that of a goose.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

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