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cinder block
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cinder block or cin·der·block (sndr-blk)
n.
A usually hollow building block made with concrete and coal cinders.
cinder block
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the usual US name for breeze block
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Noun1.cinder blockcinder block - a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate; "cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain"
breeze block, clinker block
building block - a block of material used in construction work


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He adds that concrete claws for cleaner and more efficient removal of concrete from the jobsite, jib booms for carrying heavy objects and pallet forks for picking up lumber, cinder blocks or reclaimed brick are also part of the skid steer's arsenal of attachments.
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From suspended sculptures that hijack the slogans of a sloppy pop culture and stylize them into something only half recognizable to logo-bearing carpets, by way of a disco-ball cement mixer and a Fiat on cinder blocks, seemingly the whole of contemporary culture had been plowed through and could be seen here.
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Restoration of 140 West Street's facade required 520,000 bricks, 22,500 cinder blocks, and 93 tons of structural steel.
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