cinder block

noun

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

cinder block

noun

1. the usual US name for breeze block

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinder block¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

With his first homer of the season, he felt like a few cinder blocks were removed from his shoulders.

From Los Angeles Times

“He broke a rule. It sounded like they were saying that he put cinder blocks in the water at the end of the pier. Why would he do that?”

From Literature

When she was 16, she helped her father build them a house, making cinder blocks and planing boards after school.

From Seattle Times

The fire burned through more than 2,000 buildings, leaving little more than cinder blocks, car husks and piles of ash behind.

From New York Times

He was inspired to invent these elders by contemplating the oddly textured cinder blocks of a dingbat apartment on 6th Avenue in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times