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redbrick

/ˈredbrɪk/adjective

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लाल ईंटों से बना

Core word

adjective
  1. 1

    [only before noun]

    built with red bricks

    लाल ईंटों से बना

    • a row of redbrick houses
    • the old redbrick court building
    • We lived in a small redbrick house near the railway line.
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    • The redbrick building by the river is now a library.
    • Many redbrick schools stand in the old part of the city.
  2. 2

    [only before noun] British

    (of a British university) founded in the late 19th or early 20th century in a large industrial city, as opposed to the older universities of Oxford and Cambridge

    (ब्रिटेन में) 19वीं सदी के अंत या 20वीं सदी के आरंभ में औद्योगिक शहरों में बना (विश्वविद्यालय)

    • Manchester and Birmingham are redbrick universities.
    • He studied at a redbrick university in Leeds before moving to London.
    • She studied law at a redbrick university in the north of England.
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    • Redbrick universities often have a strong tradition in science.
    • Redbrick colleges grew up as industrial towns expanded.