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block /blok/ noun- A mass of wood or stone, etc, usu flat-sided
- A piece of wood or other material used as a support (eg for chopping, beheading), shaped as a mould, engraved, etc for printing from, or used as a toy
- (in pl) starting-blocks (often used in figurative phrases describing speed in starting on an enterprise)
- A pulley with its framework or the framework alone
- A compact mass, group or set
- A group of buildings bounded by intersecting streets
- Such a group regarded as a measure of distance (N American)
- A large building containing individual units of accommodation, etc
- A building lot (esp Aust)
- An extensive area of land for settlement, etc (Aust and NZ)
- An obstruction
- The head (esp in the phrase knock someone's block off)
- An impassive person
- A psychological barrier preventing intellectual development, progress, etc
- An instance of, or a cause of, blockage or blocking
- An administrative unit in India
- A bloc
- A group of records or information units treated as a complete unit during the transfer or modification of data (computing)
- (also license block) a section of sea within which a company is licensed to explore for and extract oil or gas
- A brake block
- A cylinder block
- A chopping-block
- A pad of writing or drawing paper
adjective- In a block or lump
- Comprising a number grouped and dealt with together
transitive verb- To close or obstruct (a place) with obstacles
- To obstruct (a person)
- To impede or prevent
- To make inactive, bring to a standstill, interrupt
- To shape as on a block, or to sketch out roughly (often with in or out)
- To stop (a ball) with a forward defensive shot (cricket)
- To hinder the play or the action of an opposing player (sport)
- To print (usu a fabric) from a block
- To stamp a pattern, etc on (leather, a book cover, etc)
- (also with out) to plan or rehearse the movements of the actors in (a scene, etc) (theatre)
- See select (computing)
ORIGIN: Fr bloc, prob Gmc in origin blockadeˈ noun - A cutting off of a place by surrounding it with troops or ships (military)
- An obstruction
transitive verb To block up by troops or ships blockˈage noun - Something that obstructs
- An act or instance of obstructing, or the state of being obstructed
- Resistance to understanding, learning, etc set up by existing habits of thought and action
blocked adjective blockˈer noun - A player who blocks (sport)
- A substance, used as a drug, that prevents the production, or the operation, of some other substance in the body (medicine)
blockˈing noun - The interruption of a train of thought, esp by unpleasant thoughts rising in the mind
- The cut-off of anode current in a valve because of high negative voltage in the grid (electronics)
blockˈish adjective - Like a block
- Stupid, dull
blockˈy adjective - Block-shaped
- In blocks
- Stocky, chunky
blockadeˈ-runner noun A person or ship that passes through a blockading force block and tackle noun A lifting device comprising a case (block) containing a pulley and its chains or ropes (tackle) blockˈboard noun Plywood board made up of veneer enclosing thin strips of wood blockˈ-book noun A book printed from engraved blocks, not movable types blockˈbuster noun - A bomb or explosive charge able to destroy a number of buildings simultaneously
- A forceful or powerful thing or person
- An expensively produced and commercially successful film, novel, etc
blockˈbusting noun and adjective block capital noun A capital letter written in sanserif blockˈ-chain noun An endless chain of blocks and links blockˈ-coal noun Coal that breaks into cuboidal blocks block diagram noun (computing) One made up of squares and rectangles representing different hardware and software components, with lines showing their interconnections blocked shoe noun A ballet dancer's dancing pump with a stiffened toe-piece, enabling dancing on points blocked style noun (typing) The display style, with all text beginning at the left margin without centring, indenting or underscoring block gauge noun A block of hardened steel with its opposite faces accurately ground and polished flat and parallel, used to check the accuracy of other gauges block grant noun A general grant made by the central government to a local authority for all its services blockˈhead noun (informal) - A stupid person
- A woodenhead
blockˈhole noun (cricket) The place where a batsman rests the end of his bat when batting blockˈhouse noun - A small temporary fort
- A house constructed of squared logs
- A shelter of reinforced concrete, etc used as an observation post and control centre for rocket launches, etc
blocking motion noun Notice of intention to bring up a certain matter at a future date, thus preventing (or blocking) raising of the subject on a motion for adjournment block letter noun - A block capital
- Block type
block party noun A party given for all of the residents of a building or neighbourhood block plane noun A small very acute-angled plane for cutting across the grain at the end of a piece of wood block printing noun Printing from hand-carved or engraved blocks, now used for specialist books, wallpaper and textiles block release noun Release from employment for a period of weeks or more in order to follow a course of study blockˈship noun A warship too old for action, but useful in port defence blockˈ-system noun (rail) A system in which no train is allowed onto a section of line so long as any other is on it blockˈ-tin noun Tin in the form of blocks or ingots block type noun A heavy-letter type, without serifs block vote noun A vote by a delegate at a conference, counted as the number of people he or she represents blockˈwork noun Blocks of precast concrete used for building do one's block (Aust and NZ inf) To be very angry on the block Up for auction |