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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.
block noun (AREA) Add to word list. A2 [ C ] mainly US. 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.
noun. a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces. a hollow masonry building unit of cement, terracotta, etc.: a wall made of concrete blocks. one of a set of cube-shaped pieces of wood, plastic, or the like, used as a child's toy in building.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of block verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a solid piece of something, usually in the shape of a square or rectangle: a block of ice / stone / wood.
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.
Definitions of 'block'. 1. A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them. [...] 2. A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides. [...] 3. A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
