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City block - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Afterthought, Agate, Agnosia, Aquatint, Arm, Arrest, Auction, Ax, Balk, Ball, Bar, Bat, Batch, Battery

A city block is a central element of urban design. A city block is any area that is surrounded by streets. Some American cities are laid out with 1/16 mile by 1/8 mile grids. (Metric equivalents: 100 meters by 200 meters.) Major streets are usually at 1/4, 1/2, or 1 mile intervals. (Metric equivalents: 400 meters, 800 meters, or 1.6 km)

Example Usage of block

MizzQuatia: somebody call u block and u miss the call...#thatsthatbullshit
SeandBlogonaut: RT @Epigrammist: I can't even remember the last time I stumbled across something inappropriate online. Educate, don't block #nocleanfeed ...
berlinblackout: @carolionfucksit he's going to delete us and block us! haha omg did he start asking about who hamilton is?? |-D
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