redbrick university

Noun
  1. (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding;
    Distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University (synset 104073135)
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    is a type of: university - establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching

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