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cinder block

noun

  1. a concrete building block made with a cinder aggregate.



cinder block

noun

  1. the usual US name for breeze block

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cinder block1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Throwing cinder blocks at California Highway Patrol cars from a freeway overpass?

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He said some people put nails and cinder blocks in the street trying to block the police response.

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McDonnell said some agitators broke up cinder blocks with hammers to create projectiles to hurl at police, and others lobbed “commercial-grade fireworks” at officers.

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Throwing cinder blocks and e-scooters at California Highway Patrol cars from a 101 Freeway overpass?

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She also has a pair of long, constantly growing incisors strong enough to chew through cinder blocks as well as tree bark.

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