"brick and mortar" meaning in All languages combined

See brick and mortar on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} brick and mortar (not comparable)
  1. (business) Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: physical, traditional, old-fashioned Translations (buildings and property for the conduct of a business): 實體的 (brick-and-mortar) (Chinese Mandarin), 实体的 (shítǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 實體店 (english: brick-and-mortar shop) (Chinese Mandarin), 实体店 (shítǐdiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 實體店 (Chinese Mandarin), kamenný (alt: kamenný obchod = brick-and-mortar shop) (Czech), toimitilat [plural] (Finnish), kivijalka- (note: such as "kivijalkakauppa") (Finnish), konventionell (German), traditionell (German), físico (Portuguese), tradicional (Spanish), físico (Spanish), geleneksel (Turkish), konvansiyonel (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-brick_and_mortar-en-adj-nWy1BFG4 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 40 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 35 23 Topics: business

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} brick and mortar (uncountable)
  1. (UK) Buildings, especially domestic housing. Tags: UK, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brick_and_mortar-en-noun-dcdXM42X Categories (other): British English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English retronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 31 55 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 49 19 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 23 62 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 40 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 35 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 51 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 55 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 55 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 36 52 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 56 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 31 56 13
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, and, mortar. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: brick-and-mortar, bricks and mortar, bricks-and-mortar
    Sense id: en-brick_and_mortar-en-noun-yDQzLY0l Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 40 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 35 23

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Brick and mortar retail stores face online competition."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Judy Kong, in a report on the ICE Conference, \"Non Traditional Clicks and Mortar Businesses: (Dinosaurs) Learn to Fly\"",
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          "sense": "buildings and property for the conduct of a business",
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          "sense": "buildings and property for the conduct of a business",
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          "sense": "buildings and property for the conduct of a business",
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