tower block

noun

chiefly British
: a tall building (such as a high-rise apartment building)

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The wasteland would be cleared to make way for a new postwar dream of tower blocks and housing estates, as well as a striking new modernist cathedral designed by Basil Spence, built adjacent to the ruins of the original. Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 German flags are flying from car windows and tower blocks. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 2 July 2024 The Times reported that the woman fell over 90 feet from the 17-story tower block. David Chiu, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024 Then the assassination of Hezbollah’s longtime and charismatic leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bunker beneath a cluster of tower blocks in Dahiyeh. Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tower block

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tower block was in 1966

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“Tower block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tower%20block. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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