hollow block

English

Etymology

See hollow +‎ block, due to the hollow centers or cores that may be built into the production of these blocks to reduce weight.

Noun

hollow block (plural hollow blocks)

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

Synonyms

• breeze-block
• cinder block
• clinker block

Translations

lightweight building block

• Dutch: betonblok (nl) n, snelbouwsteen m
• Finnish: rakennusharkko, harkko (fi)
• French: bloc de béton (fr) m, agglo (fr), parpaing (fr)
• German: Schalstein m
• Korean: 콘크리트 블록 (konkeuriteu beullok)
• Polish: pustak betonowy m
• Portuguese: bloco de concreto m
• Romanian: bloc de beton (zguros, cu zgură), cărămidă de beton (ușoară, zguroasă)
• Russian: шлакобето́нный блок m (šlakobetónnyj blok), шлакобло́к (ru) m (šlakoblók)
• Welsh: brisbloc m