Definition of "superblock" []

• A very large block of buildings (noun)
• A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device. (noun)

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• "Also, the WTC site is located on a "superblock" -- half of freaking Lower Manhattan is within 4 blocks of it."
• "The Maryland Court of Appeals has rejected a plea by Baltimore attorney Peter G. Angelos to overturn the sale of the so-called superblock on Baltimore's west side to a private development group, according to a 55-page unanimous opinion issued Tuesday by the state's highest court."
• "The Baltimore Development Corp. is seeking bidders for a piece of the so-called superblock, including the former home of Baltimore's Health Care for the Homeless, on the city's west side."