: a hollow rectangular building block made of cement and coal cinders
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And according to a New Yorker Magazine investigation, the van police said was used in Theresa's abduction was actually out of commission and up on cinder blocks the day Theresa went missing.—Mary Murphy, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 Add height to a cinder block privacy wall with a layer of wood on top.—Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026 That means burning wood down to coals and scattering them by the shovelful under pigs simmering on long cinder block pits.—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026 The auto shop their family has owned for 45 years, at Main and 17th streets, was in ruins — its roof torn off, cinder blocks scattered across the lot.—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cinder block