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 

• CITY BLOCK (noun)

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))