cinder block

American  

noun

1. a concrete building block made with a cinder aggregate.

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cinder block British  

noun

1. the usual US name for breeze block

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Etymology

Origin of cinder block

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal

His throne room is made of cinder blocks and has a dirt floor.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the parking lot outside Brother’s Keeper, hamburgers and hot dogs sizzled on the grill, and rice and beans cooked in big pots over a fire pit built with cinder blocks.

From Literature

I place it so the line I have to cut is just over the edge of the cinder block I found—these are my sawhorses: cinder blocks.

From Literature

They listen to playlists while pulling carts loaded with cinder blocks: yacht rock for mornings, Jock Jam in the afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal