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breeze-block en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From breeze (“residue from a furnace”) + block.

Meanings

1. (UK) A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.

Forms

Synonyms

cinder block · clinker block · hollow block

Translations (11)

ko 콘크리트 블록 (concrete building block) · eo betonbloko (concrete building block) · cy brisbloc (concrete building block) · fi harkko (concrete building block) · ru шлакобло́к (concrete building block) · fi rakennusharkko (concrete building block) · de Hohlblockstein (concrete building block) · fr parpaing (concrete building block) · fr bloc de béton (concrete building block) · de Schalstein (concrete building block) · ru шлакобето́нный блок (concrete building block)

breeze-block en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From breeze (“light, gentle wind”) + block.

Meanings

1. A type of perforated building block used for ventilation and letting natural light in.
   • A triangular breeze block is introduced to create screening walls, forming the new entry pathway. 2023, Patricia Callan, “House Gezelling”, in The New Modernist House: Mid-century Homes Renewed for Contemporary Living, Melbourne: Thames & Hudson Australia, →ISBN, page 269:
   • Featuring, as the title “Concrete House” suggests, a main theme of concrete and perforated breeze blocks so evocative of the ’70s, it was cited in several categories of the Think Brick Awards and named project of the year in the Housing Industry Association’s Perth Innovation Housing Awards. 2016 March 12, Jenny Brown, “Perth's concrete house reinvents the front porch”, in Domain, Sidney, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2016:
   • Unlike some building technologies, breezeblock doesn’t have one single “inventor.” Rather, the idea of decorative concrete blocks seems to have emerged in multiple corners of the world in the late 1910s and early 1920s, simultaneously appearing in buildings in Brazil, France, and California. 2024 April 2, Timothy A. Schuler, “Why Honolulu Is Primed for a Breezeblock Comeback”, in FLUX Hawaii, Honolulu, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2024:

Forms

Translations (1)

pt cobogó (perforated building block)