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brickbats en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbɹɪkbæts/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From brickbat + -s. The plural only sense (“small rocky particles moving as a group in space”) was coined by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and is used chiefly in reference to his writings.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of brickbat
    form of brickbat
  2. (informal, plural, plural-only) Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.

brickbats en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbɹɪkbæts/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From brickbat + -s. The plural only sense (“small rocky particles moving as a group in space”) was coined by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and is used chiefly in reference to his writings.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of brickbat
    form of brickbat