building block

building block

n.1. A block used as a building material, especially a cinder block.2. A small wooden or plastic cube used as a building toy.3. A basic element or part of something: Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

building block

n 1. (Building) a block of stone or other material, larger than a brick, used in building 2. (Computer Science) a component that fits with others to form a whole: standardized software building blocks. 3. another name for (the child's toy) block

build′ing block`

n. 1. block (defs. 2, 3). 2. a basic element or component: the building blocks of proteins. [1840–50]

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Noun	1.	building block - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"unitthing - a separate and self-contained entitychemical chain, chain - (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)couple - (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel linespart, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"unit cell - the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystalchemical group, radical, group - (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a moleculemolecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
	2.	building block - a block of material used in construction workashlar - a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposesbreeze block, cinder block, clinker block - a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate; "cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain"headstone, keystone, key - the central building block at the top of an arch or vaultvoussoir - wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vaultbuilding material - material used for constructing buildings

building block

nounOne of the individual entities contributing to a whole:component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, integrant, part.

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