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

Nearly 70 years on, some of those refugees and many of their descendants continue to live in camps, which are now chronically overcrowded breeze block neighbourhoods.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2018

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

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2014

Mr Copp said the wall was 6ft high and 10ft long and comprised of a breeze block front, asbestos sides and a corrugated metal roof.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2013

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

I had this small claustrophobic room in halls with breeze block walls, a sink, a bed and a desk, and I remember rinsing this record there.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2010