cinder block

noun

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

Examples of cinder block in a Sentence

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Train tracks and cinder blocks The newspaper complex was elaborate. Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025 The two men came up with a plan to conceal the death and went to a home improvement store, where they’re accused of buying chains, padlocks and cinder blocks, prosecutors wrote in an indictment. Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2025 But this? Throwing cinder blocks and e-scooters at California Highway Patrol cars from a 101 Freeway overpass? Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025 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 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 Aug. 2025.

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cinder block

noun
: a building block made of cement and coal cinders
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