cinder block
noun
a concrete building block made with a cinder aggregate.
Origin of cinder block
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby cinder block
cincinnati,
cincinnatus,
cinco de mayo,
cincture,
cinder,
cinder block,
cinder concrete,
cinder cone,
cinder patch,
cinder track,
cinderella
Example sentences from the Web for cinder block
He and his wife and children shared a cinder-block house with a roof made of sheet metal and a dirt floor.
Today, one in five Cariocas, as Rio residents are known, live in shantytowns, piled high with raw brick and cinder-block homes.
The three of them shared a cinder-block shack on the beach in Puerto Rico.
Amelie lives in a rural setting–an open field with cinder-block houses in various stages of construction.