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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, flats, or offices: British "a block of flats" Similar
verb
- 1. make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible: "the narrow roads were blocked by cars" Similar Opposite
- 2. impress text or a design on (a book cover).
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BLOCK definition: 1. the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road…. Learn more.
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.
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. 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.
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.
A block of something such as tickets or shares is a large quantity of them, especially when they are all sold at the same time and are in a particular sequence or order. Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates. [ + of] Synonyms: batch, group, lot, collection More Synonyms of block. 11. countable noun.
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.
block. verb [ T ] uk / blɒk / us. block verb [T] (CANNOT PASS) B2. to prevent anyone or anything from passing through a place: A fallen tree blocked the road.
A block in a town or city is an area of land with streets on all its sides, or the area or distance between such streets. He walked around the block three times. She walked four blocks down High Street.
