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brick-and-mortar

[ brik-uhn-mawr-ter ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to conventional stores, businesses, etc., having physical buildings and facilities, as opposed to internet or remote services.
  2. made of bricks and mortar.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brick-and-mortar1

First recorded in 1860–65 brick-and-mortar fordef 2; brick-and-mortar def 1 in 1985–90

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Example Sentences

The online site, which allows customers to rent high-end clothing, will soon have a brick-and-mortar store in New York City.

INSIDER TIP: Head downtown for salutatorian Fusion Taco, another food truck turned brick-and-mortar.

At the same time, brick-and-mortar retailers have been steadily losing market share to online retailers and e-commerce generally.

Albeit as a favor to brick-and-mortar retailers, rather than out of any enthusiasm for taxation.

There are no brick-and-mortar churches where adherents gather to pray and paddle.

And when the last survivors fled to their brick-and-mortar fastnesses, our work was only half done.

Beyond destroying the brick-and-mortar remains of feudalism, he did nothing for the people.

I was more pleased with the Palace than any other brick-and-mortar structure that came under my observation.

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