city block

collocation in English

meaningsofcityandblock

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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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block
noun
uk
/blɒk/us
/blɑːk/
mainly US
the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town ...
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(Definition ofcityandblockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcity block

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The site specific message was 3-metres tall and nearly 80-metres in length, spanning the entirecityblock.
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By this time his business occupied half acityblockand had a staff of around 100.
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It occupied approximately 2/3 of thecityblock.
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The carbarn is a large single-story brick building, occupying nearly half of acityblock.
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It is a small cemetery that takes up about onecityblockand is relatively full.
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The factory buildings were built in late 19th and early 20th century and span acityblock.
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Though narrow in width, the house ran the length of acityblock.
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It is the last residential structure remaining in itscityblock.
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Acityblockis the smallest area that is surrounded by streets.
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It occupies an entirecityblockand measures 238 feet, 2 inches east-west by 279 feet, 10 inches north-south.
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His mutant ability releases an omni-directional pulse over an area at least the size of acityblock.
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Appleyard threatens to blow them all up and half thiscityblockif the banker doesn't cash his check.
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The same fullcityblockhas burned down twice in the city's history.
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The store expanded by the 1940s to cover a fullcityblock.
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The structure was essentially rectangular, with seven wings and six interior courtyards that was onecityblockwide and three blocks long.
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This five-story building, acityblockin length, included adequate dormitory, office and classroom space to accommodate 500 students.
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The stage was the size of acityblockand dominated by a central tower eighty feet in height.
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The resulting eruption destroyed an entirecityblockand, among the thirty-two fatalities, took the lives of her parents, brother, and pet dog.
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