City block

noun

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

    "The store is huge, occupying an entire city block."

  2. 2
    a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings wordnet
  3. 3
    The distance from one urban street to the next, or an approximately comparable distance.

    "In Lawrence, a mile is generally 12 city blocks east-west or 8 blocks north-south."

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