Meanings
nounbrick house (plural brick houses)
plural brick houses
- slangA voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry.
Origin
Possibly coined in 1977 from the song "Brick House" by The Commodores, who took it from the older expression built like a brick shithouse.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish tiilitalo
- tiilitalohouse or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry
French maison de briques
- maison de briqueshouse or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry
German Backsteinhaus, Ziegelsteinhaus
- Backsteinhaushouse or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry
- Ziegelsteinhaushouse or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry
Korean 벽돌집
- 벽돌집 (byeokdoljip)house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry
Portuguese casa de alvenaria
- casa de alvenariahouse or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry
Spanish casa de ladrillo
- casa de ladrillohouse or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry
Cite this entry
APA
brick house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20house
MLA
“brick house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brick house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20house.
Source: brick house on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.