cinder block

He and his wife and children shared a cinder-block house with a roof made of sheet metal and a dirt floor.

Today, one in five Cariocas, as Rio residents are known, live in shantytowns, piled high with raw brick and cinder-block homes.

The three of them shared a cinder-block shack on the beach in Puerto Rico.

At that moment, three or four shots rang out almost simultaneously, echoing throughout the cinder block building.

Amelie lives in a rural setting–an open field with cinder-block houses in various stages of construction.

He stood, pressed against the wall, the cold cinder block on his cheek, which felt like it might be bruised.