redbrick
7.3
Related to British universities founded in the late 1800s and early 1900s, especially those outside Oxford and Cambridge
- adjective
- /ˈrɛdˌbrɪk/
- UK
:
universidad de ladrillo rojo
- Many students prefer studying at redbrick institutions because of their strong community and support.
Examples
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It's the redbrick colonial.
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She attended a redbrick university in Manchester that offered innovative programs.
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The town's architecture is characterized by its redbrick buildings from the early 20th century.
Synonyms
2
6.8
A British university founded in the late 1800s or early 1900s, not one of the older universities
specifies those same institutions but mainly ones outside Oxford and Cambridge
Compounds
6.8
A British university founded in a city in the late 1800s or early 1900s with red brick buildings
Surface Forms
redbrick positive
Morphology
Etymology
Redbrick was a name given to new British universities that had buildings made of red brick in growing industrial cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s. So redbrick came to mean those city universities rather than the older schools like Oxford or Cambridge.