cinderblock

See also: cinder block

English

Alternative forms

• cinder-block

Etymology

From cinder +‎ block.

Adjective

cinderblock (not comparable)

1. Made of cinder blocks.

   They lived in an old cinderblock apartment building.

Noun

cinderblock (plural cinderblocks)

1. Alternative form of cinder block.
   • 2007 April 4, Nate Schweber, “Man Queried in Killings of Prostitutes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2015:

     Investigators also searched a shed behind the house that sat next to two automobiles on cinderblocks.