Complete Definition of "city block"

English

Noun
city block

  1. The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.

#: The store is huge, occupying an entire city block.

  1. The distance from one street to the next.

#: A city block in Lawrence is generally 1/12 of a mile East-West or 1/8 of a mile North-South.

  1. A distance comparable to the distance between streets in a city, in the approximate range of 0.2 - 0.4 km.

#: Go along that road for about a city block and you should see an old barn.

Translations
trans-top|part of town enclosed by streets
Finnish: t|fi|kortteli
French: pâté de maisons m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|distance from one street to next
Finnish: t|fi|kortteli t|fi|kadunväli,
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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