red-brick

A form of redbrick — of, or relating to a red brick university

Meanings

adjectivered-brick (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of redbrick.

    This delightful four-platform station [Bognor Regis] is still controlled by semaphore signals and boasts a lovely red-brick Edwardian building with steel canopies, crowned with a clocktower which dates from 1902.

    2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

red-brick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-brick

MLA

“red-brick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-brick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red-brick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-brick.

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