bricks-and-mortar

A form of bricks and mortar — Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bricks, and, mortar.

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Meanings

nounbricks-and-mortar (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of bricks and mortar.

    The online fast-fashion retailer Shein will open its first permanent bricks-and-mortar store in the world in Paris this week amid political outrage, fury from workers and warnings from city hall that it will damage the French capital’s progressive image.

    2025 November 3, Angelique Chrisafis, “Outrage in Paris as Shein prepares to open its first permanent store”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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APA

bricks-and-mortar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricks-and-mortar

MLA

“bricks-and-mortar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricks-and-mortar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bricks-and-mortar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricks-and-mortar.

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