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Meanings of city block in English

Russian
городской квартал
Portuguese
bloco
Spanish
manzana
Catalan
block
Wikidata

Central element of urban planning and urban design; smallest area that is surrounded by streets.

городской квартал
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Examples for "block"
Examples for "block"
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See that new cell block they're building right beside the golf course?
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
2
This silver block with attached chain is a good case in point.
The South African
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However, block liner trains, which are booked by individual companies, will continue.
The Irish Times
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Further controls allow people to block particular tracking systems while allowing others.
Reuters
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On Sunday Austria's foreign minister threatened to block EU negotiations with Turkey.
Reuters
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There were all kinds of houses-countryvillas, farmhouses, squat urban blocks-scatteredin clumps and clusters.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
2
Defensive end Brent Urban blocked the kick, and Hill scooped it up and sprinted down the left sideline for the touchdown.
Reuters
Usage of city block in English
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It took a whole city block back home, further during dry seasons.
Imprudence
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It takes up a whole city block and has a gigantic auditorium.
Mr. Mercedes
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Norma had run after the car for a city block-screaming ,throwingrocks.
Cold springs
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Today there is a coven on just about every city block.
A Wiccan Bible
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I pointed to the place, about a city block from where we stood.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
6
The Dinkmans had lived in a city block, an urban entity.
Greener Than You Think
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Generally it does not go the length of a city block.
The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
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Feral can lift a car, or leap half a city block.
Soon I will be invincible
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By the time Lincoln was shot, our warehouse covered a whole city block.
Winter’s Tale
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Could take out a city block if it was lobbing shells.'
Quantico
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They once burned down a whole city block, trying to get to me.
Something from the nightside
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Deep in 13, they've built an artificial Capitol city block.
Mockingjay
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His mother's body seemed as long as a city block.
Magic terror: seven tales
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One more city block had fallen to the Shades: mine.
Faefever
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An object such as an ordinary city block could be detected on the moon.
Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
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In the distance, an entire city block is hurling hundred-foot flames at the sky.
Dark Matter
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