brick and mortar

Adjective

 * 1)  Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public.
 * Brick and mortar retail stores face online competition.
 * 1) * 2000, Judy Kong, in a report on the ICE Conference, "Non Traditional Clicks and Mortar Businesses: (Dinosaurs) Learn to Fly":
 * E-commerce is not the kiss of death for big, traditional brick-and-mortar business.

Usage notes

 * Often used attributively, especially in the form brick-and-mortar.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 實體的,  ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: toimitilat, kivijalka-
 * German: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,

Noun

 * 1)  Buildings, especially domestic housing.