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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 block - a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregatecinder 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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