brick-and-mortar
adjective
brick-and-mor·tar
ˈbrik-ən(d)-ˈmȯr-tər 
variants
or bricks-and-mortar
: relating to or being a traditional business serving customers in a building as contrasted to an online business
a brick-and-mortar store
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The store began out of a 1962 Volkswagen transporter truck and has grown into a brick-and-mortar bookstore serving customers from all over the country.
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American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Rent out kayaks and stand up paddle boards online from L2 Outside and pick up your rental at their brick-and-mortar shop on Market Street, an ideal location just steps from the river and Coolidge Park.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
The company will open two more brick-and-mortar locations in the first fiscal quarter of next year, Grede revealed.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024
And unlike brick-and-mortar stores, which may offer up to 150,000 products, online marketplaces like Amazon can carry hundreds of millions of items, Goldberg said.
—Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Rent out kayaks and stand up paddle boards online from L2 Outside and pick up your rental at their brick-and-mortar shop on Market Street, an ideal location just steps from the river and Coolidge Park.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
The company will open two more brick-and-mortar locations in the first fiscal quarter of next year, Grede revealed.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024
And unlike brick-and-mortar stores, which may offer up to 150,000 products, online marketplaces like Amazon can carry hundreds of millions of items, Goldberg said.
—Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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