Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks. / (figuratively) An obstacle. / (sound engineering) A type of anti-aliasing filter with a steep cutoff.

To build a brick wall around. / (sound engineering) To filter using a brick wall filter. / To halt or limit abruptly. / To be uncooperative and unresponsive.

plural of brick wall

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brick wall

(architecture) A brick-sized block with holes which is embedded in a wall to allow ventilation through it.

present participle of brick wall

Having walls made of brick.

simple past tense and past participle of brick wall

(electronics, slang) A power supply for an electronic device which is similar in size, shape, and weight of a brick, which plugs into the device using a cord, and to the main supply by another [[cord].

A long, slender brick used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.