"brick and mortar" meaning in English

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Adjective

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)
    Sense id: en-brick_and_mortar-en-adj-nWy1BFG4 Topics: business

Noun

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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, English retronyms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 32 54 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 50 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 52 16 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 23 63 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 59 14
  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

Alternative forms

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