building blockn.

Brit.

/ˈbɪldɪŋ blɒk/, U.S.

/ˈbɪldɪŋ ˌblɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: building n., block n.¹

Etymology: < building n. + block n.¹

a. A brick-shaped, often hollow unit of stone, concrete, or other building materials used in the construction of a building or other structure.

1792 Act 32 George III c. 35 §57 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1796) XVI. 356 It shall and may be lawful to and for the said corporation..to make use of, and apply any lime-stones, building-blocks, or stones, or sand, which may be so laid or placed, or suffered to remain on the said quays.

1856 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 19 418/2 A great variety of building blocks for various uses may thus be made in asphalte or asphaltic composition.

c1957 Story of Slag (Brit. Slag Federation) 21 Foamed slag building blocks used in construction of houses at Gateshead and Middlesbrough.

2016 A. Aksamija Integrating Innovation in Archit. iii. 163 The building blocks..do not require conventional bonding.

b. A wooden or (in later use) plastic toy brick. Cf. block n.¹ 3c.

ΘΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > toy bricks

brick1829

toy block1859

1833 Boston Daily Atlas 16 Jan. (advt.) New Fancy Goods... Dissected Maps; Plays; Public Buildings; Building Blocks for small children: new and fashionable Game of London, &c.

1915 J. Webster Dear Enemy (1917) 152 Punch was occupying a rug..engaged with building-blocks.

2015 Financial Times 8 Sept. 15/2 Give a girl..building blocks and she will become master of her own universe, a creator and destroyer of fleetingly magnificent worlds.

c. figurative. A basic unit from which something is formed or constructed. Hence also: a foundational or central element within a larger group, system, etc. Cf. brick n.¹ 5.

ΘΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > basis or fundamental principle

principlea1398

basec1500

principium1550

primordial1610

basisa1616

element1655

radical1656

principe1669

seminiuma1676

ultimate1710

rock beda1853

ultimatum1858

rock-bottom1866

ultimity1898

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component > basic

building block1894

1894 National Stockman & Farmer (U.S.) 9 Aug. 400/3 ‘Was that a building-block for the Master?’ Yes. Anything we do to elevate mankind..is building the structure which will last throughout all eternity.

1937 Life 13 Sept. 69/3 Hence the cell nucleus which contains the chromosomes is the building block of Dr. Morgan's theory of heredity.

1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics iv. 153 Some hope to learn from gravitational research more about the microstructure of the building blocks of nature, the subatomic particle.

1990 Sci. Amer. Apr. 57/2 The surrounding solution must also contain nucleotide triphosphate molecules as building blocks.

2006 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 112 914 The main building blocks of democracy—the rule of law and the bridling of power by constitutions.

2022 States News Service (Nexis) 11 Feb. Gender equality..will be one of the building blocks of a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.

2. One of the temporary supports for the keel of a ship or other sea vessel while it is being built.

ΘΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > slip on which ships built or repaired > framework on which vessel rests > blocks or planks supporting

shorec1440

ground-ways1711

shole1711

ribband1779

block1850

breast shore1851

cleat1856

trussc1860

bilge-block1862

1823 Reg. Arts & Sci. 1 Nov. 18 The moulds are then set up on the building blocks,..much the same as the vessels on the old plan appear when in frame timbers.

1907 Power Boating Dec. 17/2 Lay the timber you have chosen for the building block, across two horses, about 2 feet above the ground.

2011 R. A. Bawal Superships of Great Lakes 23 This ship was launched when water was allowed into the dry dock's chamber, which in turn lifted the thousand-foot vessel up from her building blocks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	building block
释义	building blockn. Brit. /ˈbɪldɪŋ blɒk/, U.S. /ˈbɪldɪŋ ˌblɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: building n., block n.¹ Etymology: < building n. + block n.¹ 1. a. A brick-shaped, often hollow unit of stone, concrete, or other building materials used in the construction of a building or other structure. Π 1792 Act 32 George III c. 35 §57 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1796) XVI. 356 It shall and may be lawful to and for the said corporation..to make use of, and apply any lime-stones, building-blocks, or stones, or sand, which may be so laid or placed, or suffered to remain on the said quays. 1856 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 19 418/2 A great variety of building blocks for various uses may thus be made in asphalte or asphaltic composition. c1957 Story of Slag (Brit. Slag Federation) 21 Foamed slag building blocks used in construction of houses at Gateshead and Middlesbrough. 2016 A. Aksamija Integrating Innovation in Archit. iii. 163 The building blocks..do not require conventional bonding. b. A wooden or (in later use) plastic toy brick. Cf. block n.¹ 3c. ΘΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > toy bricks brick1829 toy block1859 1833 Boston Daily Atlas 16 Jan. (advt.) New Fancy Goods... Dissected Maps; Plays; Public Buildings; Building Blocks for small children: new and fashionable Game of London, &c. 1915 J. Webster Dear Enemy (1917) 152 Punch was occupying a rug..engaged with building-blocks. 2015 Financial Times 8 Sept. 15/2 Give a girl..building blocks and she will become master of her own universe, a creator and destroyer of fleetingly magnificent worlds. c. figurative. A basic unit from which something is formed or constructed. Hence also: a foundational or central element within a larger group, system, etc. Cf. brick n.¹ 5. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > basis or fundamental principle principlea1398 basec1500 principium1550 primordial1610 basisa1616 element1655 radical1656 principe1669 seminiuma1676 ultimate1710 rock beda1853 ultimatum1858 rock-bottom1866 ultimity1898 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component > basic building block1894 1894 National Stockman & Farmer (U.S.) 9 Aug. 400/3 ‘Was that a building-block for the Master?’ Yes. Anything we do to elevate mankind..is building the structure which will last throughout all eternity. 1937 Life 13 Sept. 69/3 Hence the cell nucleus which contains the chromosomes is the building block of Dr. Morgan's theory of heredity. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics iv. 153 Some hope to learn from gravitational research more about the microstructure of the building blocks of nature, the subatomic particle. 1990 Sci. Amer. Apr. 57/2 The surrounding solution must also contain nucleotide triphosphate molecules as building blocks. 2006 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 112 914 The main building blocks of democracy—the rule of law and the bridling of power by constitutions. 2022 States News Service (Nexis) 11 Feb. Gender equality..will be one of the building blocks of a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. 2. One of the temporary supports for the keel of a ship or other sea vessel while it is being built. ΘΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > slip on which ships built or repaired > framework on which vessel rests > blocks or planks supporting shorec1440 ground-ways1711 shole1711 ribband1779 block1850 breast shore1851 cleat1856 trussc1860 bilge-block1862 1823 Reg. Arts & Sci. 1 Nov. 18 The moulds are then set up on the building blocks,..much the same as the vessels on the old plan appear when in frame timbers. 1907 Power Boating Dec. 17/2 Lay the timber you have chosen for the building block, across two horses, about 2 feet above the ground. 2011 R. A. Bawal Superships of Great Lakes 23 This ship was launched when water was allowed into the dry dock's chamber, which in turn lifted the thousand-foot vessel up from her building blocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1792
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