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How to pronounce cinder block in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms breeze block, clinker block
Type of building block


cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain.

Examples of cinder block

cinder block
I knew it wasn't a cinder block, even though that term lingers in popular usage.
From the charlotteobserver.com
In this small office, on the ground floor of a cinder-block housing development.
From the boston.com
Lovensky arrived to a joyous reception at his cousin's cramped cinder-block home.
From the sacbee.com
Nearby, the walkway to the front door led to a rectangular rim of cinder block.
From the denverpost.com
Authorities said she was bludgeoned with a 45-pound cinder block found nearby.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Stan's bare-bones, white-cinder-block office gives no hints of a showbiz life.
From the dailyherald.com
Their store, a cinder-block structure built on a concrete slab, hadn't burned.
From the businessweek.com
Just this summer, a cinder block tore through the roof, landing near Harold Jones.
From the freep.com
Small homes are squeezed between much larger cinder-block or metal buildings.
From the signonsandiego.com