English Explanatory Dictionary

brickbats

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.
noun
  1. plural of brickbat
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brickbat

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɪkbæts/ /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/

Word forms

brickbats

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.

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