Brick

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**"Etymology:** Middle English //bryke,// from Middle Dutch //bricke//
 * Date:** 15th century

//Plural// **bricks** //or// **brick** **:** a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 57 × 95 × 203 millimeters and of moist clay hardened by heat"
 * //Taken from Merriam-Webster Dicctionary//**

A brick is a block made of burned clay. It is used in construction of walls, tunnels and domes. Brick is very strong in compression. Also it is heavy and very weak in tension.

**Ropes**
 * Types of arrangement of the bricks in a wall **


 * Spanish**
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English**
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Tambourine**
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Ventilation**


 * Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork **

Malbork Castle is the most complete and elaborate example of the Gothic brick castle in the world. UNESCO listed the castle and its museum as World Heritage Sites in December 1997.

This is the web page of the Malbork Castle: [|Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork]

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