cinder block

noun

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

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Pitt allegedly attacked her with objects, including a wooden plank and a cinder block, at their home in Bushwick. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025 In effect, officials steered a car off the road, threw a cinder block on the accelerator, then jumped out of the vehicle with passengers still in the back. David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025 Next Steps: Finish tuning existing controls for Valkyrie and demonstrate on DRC cinder block walking, doors, valve, and drill tasks. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2014 Gomez gestured across the street toward 100 Centre Street—the criminal courthouse, a cheerless Art Deco building the color of cinder blocks. Sarah Lustbader, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 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 20 May. 2025.

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cinder block

noun
: a building block made of cement and coal cinders
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