breeze block

American  

noun

British.

1. a cinder block.

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breeze block British  

noun

1. Usual US names: cinder block.   clinker block.  a light building brick made from the ashes of coal, coke, etc, bonded together by cement and used esp for walls that bear relatively small loads

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Etymology

Origin of breeze block

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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breeze block

Jonathan answered our questions inside a narrow room in a breeze block house, with his lieutenants crowding in.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Home for Javier is a bare breeze block house, with no glass in some of the windows, and the sound of children's laughter coming from inside.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

It is set back along a series of winding, loose rock roads, in a gritty neighborhood of one story, breeze block buildings.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2019

The houses are built of breeze block and have battered, rusting roofs.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2014

But I watched the Wall's progress from barbed wire to breeze block; I watched the ramparts of the cold war going up on the still-warm ashes of the hot one.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2013