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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.

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