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noun
- 1. a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side: "a block of marble" Similar
- 2. a large single building subdivided into separate rooms, apartments, or offices: British "an apartment block" Similar
verb
- 1. make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible: "block up the holes with sticky tape" Similar Opposite
- 2. impress text or a design on (a book cover).
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The meaning of BLOCK is a compact usually solid piece of substantial material especially when worked or altered to serve a particular purpose. How to use block in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Block.
the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town or city: The museum is just six blocks away. My friend and I live on the same block. Abstract Aerial Art/DigitalVision/GettyImages.
A block is a painted wooden cube that kids build with, or a squarish chunk of anything, like a block of cheese or cement. And if you block someone, you prevent them from going past by getting in the way.
an obstacle, obstruction, or hindrance: His stubbornness is a block to all my efforts. Synonyms: jam, stoppage, barrier, blockade, impediment. the state or condition of being obstructed; blockage: The traffic block lasted several hours. Pathology. an obstruction, as of a nerve. heart block. Sports. a hindering of an opponent's actions.
If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something.
noun. /blɒk/ /blɑːk/ Idioms. solid material. [countable] a large piece of a solid material that is square or rectangular in shape and usually has flat sides. The houses are made of concrete blocks with tin roofs. block of something a block of ice/wood. The wall was made from massive blocks of stone.
block. block something to stop something from moving or flowing through a pipe, a passage, a road, etc. by putting something in it or across it. After today's heavy snow, many roads are still blocked. A truck had overturned and was completely blocking traffic.
1. a. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides. b. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support. c. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher's block. d. Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.
something that makes it difficult to move or make progress. block noun [C] (AMOUNT) an amount or group of something that is considered together: This block of seats is reserved. See also. be a chip off the old block. stumbling block. tower block. block. verb [ T ] uk / blɒk / us. block verb [T] (CANNOT PASS) B2.
Block Definition. blŏk. blocked, blocking, blocks. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. noun. blocks. Any large, solid piece of wood, stone, or metal, often with flat surfaces. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
