cinder block

noun

: a hollow rectangular building block made of cement and coal cinders

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It was housed in a one-story cinder block building on the outskirts of Springfield, Massachusetts, right next door to the home where my father and his six siblings were raised. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The deployment was preceded by explosive less-lethal rounds and the placement of cinder blocks in the street near a Home Depot where protesters believed federal immigration enforcement agents were conducting a raid. Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 8 June 2025 Nearby were piles of cinder blocks that were part of the pair’s construction business. Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 Inside the one-story cinder block building, three state health officials sat along a table at the front of the largely vacant room. Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cinder block

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cinder block was in 1922

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“Cinder block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cinder%20block. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.

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cinder block

noun
: a building block made of cement and coal cinders
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