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cinderblock en · ADJ

Etymology

From cinder + block.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Made of cinder blocks.
    • They lived in an old cinderblock apartment building.

Forms

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cinder-block alternative lexicographic

cinderblock en · NOUN

Etymology

From cinder + block.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cinder block.
    • Investigators also searched a shed behind the house that sat next to two automobiles on cinderblocks. 2007 April 4, Nate Schweber, “Man Queried in Killings of Prostitutes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015:

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cinderblocks Number=Plur lexicographic
cinder-block alternative lexicographic