bricked

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of brick.
  brick

  noun

  a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the United States, a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 centimeters), red, brown, or yellow in color.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of brick.
  brick

  noun

  a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the United States, a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 centimeters), red, brown, or yellow in color.

Example Sentences

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bricked

Her 1984 movie “Rhinestone,” a romantic comedy with Sylvester Stallone, bricked at the box office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

An Australian library has welcomed home a book roughly 150 years overdue after it was discovered inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplace.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

He and his team rebuilt the building’s eastern flank, now containing rehearsal spaces, re-creating the colonial-style roof, beams and walls while opening up breezeways that had been bricked in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

Meanwhile, Spotify is also dealing with a class-action suit from aggrieved subscribers who bought its beloved “Car Thing” audio gadget, all existing models of which will be bricked by the end of the year.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2024

They went down the long dark wall of the mill, the windows bricked up.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Related Words

• cinder block
• slab
• stone