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cinder

[sin-der] / ˈsɪn dər /
NOUN
hot ash
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After they knocked on the wall and heard knocking back, officers cut into Brewjee’s wall and uncovered only cinder block and cement, according to police.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“The industry was created 60 or 70 years ago with chicken wire and cinder blocks,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

He has stacked some cinder blocks to anchor iron rods for holding up a sheet, which is meant to serve as a roof.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

I didn’t know if he meant a block of ice, or a cinder block, but he said block and that an Uncle Q owns it.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi




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