Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cinderblock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: cin-derblock
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made of cinder blocks.

noun

Alternative form of cinder block.

Example Sentences

"They lived in an old cinderblock apartment building."
"Investigators also searched a shed behind the house that sat next to two automobiles on cinderblocks."

Etymology

From cinder + block.

Inflected Forms

cinder-block (alternative) cinderblocks (plural)

Questions

What does cinderblock mean?: Made of cinder blocks.
Where does cinderblock come from?: From cinder + block.

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