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CITY BLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does city block mean?
• CITY BLOCK (noun)
The noun CITY BLOCK has 1 sense:
1. a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
Familiarity information: CITY BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
block; city block
Context example:
he lives in the next block
Hypernyms ("city block" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
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