Breeze-block

Quick meaning: Breeze-block is a noun meaning (UK) A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.

Meaning

(UK) A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.

More Meanings

1. A type of perforated building block used for ventilation and letting natural light in.

Example Sentences

A triangular breeze block is introduced to create screening walls, forming the new entry pathway.

Featuring, as the title “Concrete House” suggests, a main theme of concrete and perforated breeze blocks so evocative of the ’70s, it was cited in several categories of the Think Brick Awards and named project of the year in the Housing Industry Association’s Perth Innovation Housing Awards.

Unlike some building technologies, breezeblock doesn’t have one single “inventor.” Rather, the idea of decorative concrete blocks seems to have emerged in multiple corners of the world in the late 1910s and early 1920s, simultaneously appearing in buildings in Brazil, France, and California.

Word Forms

• breeze-blocks
• breezeblock

Synonyms for breeze-block

Depending on context, synonyms include cinder block.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include breezeblock, cinder block, briquette, blockwork, brick, blocage.

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