"brick-tea" meaning in English

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        "Tea leaves formed into the shape of a brick, used to make beverages like tea, eaten as food or, as in the past, used as a form of currency."
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          "word": "tea brick"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "tea leaves",
          "word": "磚茶"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "zhuānchá",
          "sense": "tea leaves",
          "word": "砖茶"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tea leaves",
          "word": "tiilitee"
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          "roman": "plítočnyj čaj",
          "sense": "tea leaves",
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          "word": "пли́точный чай"
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "ja sba kag",
          "sense": "tea leaves",
          "word": "ཇ་སྦ་ཀག"
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        "tea brick"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tea leaves",
      "word": "磚茶"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuānchá",
      "sense": "tea leaves",
      "word": "砖茶"
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      "sense": "tea leaves",
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      "roman": "ja sba kag",
      "sense": "tea leaves",
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  "word": "brick-tea"
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