redbrick
redbrick
Definition
red·brick (-brik′)
adjective
designating or of a British university or college other than Oxford or Cambridge; esp., any of the newer ones in the provinces: often connoting social inferiority
Etymology: from the typical building material (in contrast to the stone of Oxford and Cambridge)
noun
a redbrick university or college
redbrick
Usage Examples
Possessives
- university: Then there are the ' redbrick ' universities founded in the last century in large cities e.g. Leeds, Bristol, Manchester.
Converse of object
- moat: Kentwell Hall Kentwell - a romantic, moated, mellow redbrick Tudor mansion in a tranquil parkland setting.
Modifies a noun
- university: I thought to myself about why people were doing Fulcrum something to set you apart on a redbrick university application?
- building: Some of the redbrick workhouse buildings survive, turned into houses, along with the spike.
- house: There are four to eight rooms in each little redbrick house in the complex.
- wall: Also there is a community garden in Dover Street shielded from the ringroad by a tastefully designed high redbrick wall.
- mansion: Sloane Square and Pont Street in Chelsea offer redbrick mansion blocks housing apartments.
- terrace: With the exception of the end house of the redbrick terrace, these buildings are not open for public view.
Noun used with modifier
- century: Jane Austen's House is a 17 th century redbrick building where the author lived from 1809 until shortly before her death in 1817.
