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city block en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
   • The store is huge, occupying an entire city block.
2. The distance from one urban street to the next, or an approximately comparable distance.
   • Go along that road for about a city block, and you should see an old barn.
   • In Lawrence, a mile is generally 12 city blocks east-west or 8 blocks north-south.

Forms

Translations (27)

es manzana (part of town enclosed by streets) · sv korsning (distance from one street to next) · ru жилой массив (part of town enclosed by streets) · pl blok budowlany (part of town enclosed by streets) · pt quarteirão (part of town enclosed by streets) · sv kvarter (distance from one street to next) · es cuadra (distance from one street to next) · ru кварта́л (part of town enclosed by streets) · ru кварта́л (distance from one street to next) · fr île (part of town enclosed by streets) · fi kortteli (part of town enclosed by streets) · fr îlot urbain (part of town enclosed by streets) · es cuadra (part of town enclosed by streets) · el τετράγωνο (part of town enclosed by streets) · fi kortteli (distance from one street to next) · it isolato (part of town enclosed by streets) · sv but see gata (distance from one street to next) · nl huizenblok (part of town enclosed by streets) · nl blok (part of town enclosed by streets) · ca illa (part of town enclosed by streets) · fr pâté de maisons (part of town enclosed by streets) · oc molon (part of town enclosed by streets) · nl bouwblok (part of town enclosed by streets) · fi kadunväli (distance from one street to next) · fr îlot (part of town enclosed by streets) · ba квартал (part of town enclosed by streets) · sv kvarter (part of town enclosed by streets)