houseblock

From house +‎ block.

(US) IPA^(key): /haʊsˈblɒk/

houseblock (plural houseblocks)

1. A group of houses.
   • 1998, George John Lolos, Studies in the topography of Sikyonia:

     The term can designate both a street or a houseblock surrounded by streets and, by extension, a town quarter. The latter is by far the commonest meaning of the term.

• blockhouse