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la brique

/bʁik/ noun · feminine B1
  1. brick (hardened block used for building)
  2. carton box (food packaging) · une brique de lait a milk carton
  3. doorstop (thick, massive book, large book) (informal)
  4. ten thousand French francs (one million old francs, ~1524 euros) (dated, slang)

Plural briques

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Le feu fit craquer les parois de brique ; une colonne opaque de fumée s'élança par les conduits et monta vers le ciel comme le sombre jet d'un volcan, mais il ne vit point tomber le prisonnier, comme il s'y attendait.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 988 · C1

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