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As the floods increased Friday, his trailer, built on cinder blocks, imploded, pushing him down the river.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
And beneath the afternoon sun, there’s a graffitied cinder block wall, guarding a dumpster.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
The woman was kept in Zuberi's garage in a room made of cinder blocks with a metal door that couldn’t be opened from the inside, officials said.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
What remained was a flattened wasteland of scattered cinder blocks, twisted rebar, and slabs of concrete jutting out of debris at awkward angles.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
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“Cinder block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cinder%20block. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
cinder block
noun
: a building block made of cement and coal cinders
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