cinder block

noun
a concrete building block made with a cinder aggregate.

Origin:
1925–30

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cinder block
 
n
the usual US name for breeze block

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Cinder block is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example sentences
Workers were setting structural steel and decking on top of cinder block walls.
It may also be used to strike directly on the door or to remove cinder block as
  well as many other building materials.
The reek of unwashed toilets spilled into the street in the neighborhood of
  unpainted cinder block houses.
Much of the housing is self-built cinder block, and the owners build them as
  the money becomes available.
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