| 单词 | cinderblock |
| 释义 | > as lemmascinderblock cinderblock n. North American †(a) a brass or cast iron slab forming part of a blast furnace and containing holes through which slag is discharged during iron smelting (obsolete); (b) a large building block made of slag (usually from iron smelting or coal burning) and cement; a breeze-block. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [noun] framec1425 staddlec1563 sided1602 brick house1608 dobe1838 brick1844 adobe1852 shell1852 cinderblock1868 tin chapel1884 brick veneer1885 red brick1892 gambrel1917 weatherboard1925 Terrapin1949 Portakabin1963 society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > hearth or floor of furnace > parts of ash-hole1651 workstone1667 ash-pit1797 sow1843 cinderblock1868 1868 Sci. Amer. 9 Dec. 382/2 A blast furnace with a closed breast where the slag is discharged through an opening or openings cooled by water... The slag discharge piece or cinder block. 1869 H. S. Osborn Metall. Iron & Steel ii. xii. 626 Probably the use of the Lurmann cinder-block, which has been adopted at some of the works, will be found especially advantageous in raising the product of the very large furnaces. 1922 Oneonta (N.Y.) Daily Star 20 Jan. 7/5 Cinder blocks, the invention of Frank Cordery of New York, are being used in the construction of a $100,000 residence in New Rochelle, New York. 1995 Home & School Apr. 42/1 Lunch hour is nearly over at Wellington Junior High School, a blue-and-white cinderblock building on Edmonton's north side. < as lemmas |
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