Meanings
plural city blocks
- The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
The store is huge, occupying an entire city block.
- The distance from one urban street to the next, or an approximately comparable distance.
Go along that road for about a city block, and you should see an old barn.
1 more example
In Lawrence, a mile is generally 12 city blocks east-west or 8 blocks north-south.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan illa
- illapart of town enclosed by streets
Dutch blok, huizenblok
- blokpart of town enclosed by streets
- huizenblokpart of town enclosed by streets
- bouwblokpart of town enclosed by streets
Finnish kortteli, kortteli
- korttelipart of town enclosed by streets
- korttelidistance from one street to next
- kadunvälidistance from one street to next
French pâté de maisons, îlot urbain
- pâté de maisonspart of town enclosed by streets
- îlot urbainpart of town enclosed by streets
- îlotpart of town enclosed by streets
- îlepart of town enclosed by streets
Greek τετράγωνο
- τετράγωνο (tetrágono)part of town enclosed by streets
Italian isolato
- isolatopart of town enclosed by streets
Polish blok, blok
- blokpart of town enclosed by streets
- blokdistance from one street to next
Portuguese quarteirão
- quarteirãopart of town enclosed by streets
Russian кварта́л, жилой массив
- кварта́л (kvartál)part of town enclosed by streets
- жилой массив (žiloj massiv)part of town enclosed by streets
- кварта́л (kvartál)distance from one street to next
Spanish manzana, cuadra
- manzanapart of town enclosed by streets
- cuadrapart of town enclosed by streets
- cuadradistance from one street to next
Swedish kvarter, but see gata
- kvarterpart of town enclosed by streets
- but see gatadistance from one street to next
- korsningdistance from one street to next
- kvarterdistance from one street to next
Cite this entry
city block. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/city%20block
“city block.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/city%20block. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “city block,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/city%20block.
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