: a hollow rectangular building block made of cement and coal cinders
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According to prosecutors, who cited testimony and evidence at McCue's trial, the children allegedly suffered severe beatings and were forced to wear shock collars and stand naked on cinder blocks for hours or sometimes days at a time.—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 Cullen is accused of transporting his mother's deceased body from Lee County to Charlotte County, wrapping her in a rug, weighing it down with cinder blocks, and disposing of it in the river.—Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 3 June 2026 Jamie was in a corner of the parking lot, doing one-arm presses with a cinder block.—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The Golden Knights turned the NHL’s fastest team into a Corvette on cinder blocks.—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cinder block