Brick (disambiguation)

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A brick is an artificial stone made by forming clay into hardened rectangular blocks.

Brick may also refer to:

Places

• BRIC, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, sometimes expanded to BRICK to include South Korea
• Brick City, a nickname for Newark, New Jersey
• Brick Township, New Jersey
• Brick Lane, London, England

Businesses

• The Brick, a Canadian furniture retailer
• Brick Brewing Company, a Canadian beer brewer
• The Brick Theater, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• The Brick, a real bar in Roslyn, Washington, USA, featured in the 1990s television series Northern Exposure

Arts and entertainment

Film

• Brick (film), a 2005 American neo-noir thriller
  • Brick (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film

Music

• Brick (band), an American band active 1972 to 1988
  • Brick (Brick album), the band's 1977 album
• Brick (Talking Heads album), released in 2005, also known simply as Talking Heads
• The Brick: Bodega Chronicles 2007 debut album by American rapper Joell Ortiz
• "Brick" (song), 1997 song by Ben Folds Five

Fictional characters

• Brick (comics), a DC Comics villain, enemy of Green Arrow
• Brick, in the Discworld novel Thud!
• Brick, a member of The Rowdyruff Boys, a group of characters in the animated series The Powerpuff Girls
• Brick the Berserker, from the video game Borderlands
• the title hero of Brick Bradford, a science fiction comic strip from 1933 to 1987
• Dr. Brick Breeland, on the TV show Hart of Dixie, portrayed by Tim Matheson
• Brick Heck, on the TV show The Middle
• Brick Pollitt, in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and its film adaptations
• Brick Tamland, in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Sports and games

• Brick (basketball), a slang term for a poor shot
• a poker term for a useless card
• Brick, a type of back-to-back triathlon workout involving two disciplines, most commonly cycling and running

People

• Brick (name), a list of people with the surname, given name or nickname

Other uses

• Brick (magazine), a literary magazine established in 1977
• Brick, one kilogram of cocaine
• Brick (electronics), a nonfunctioning electronic device
• Motorola DynaTAC, an early cellular phone commonly referred to as "the brick"
• The Brick, a common name for the moth Agrochola circellaris
• Brick Academy, a school in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

See also

• El ladrillo (The Brick), a text on Chilean economy
• Bricks (disambiguation)
• Bric (disambiguation)