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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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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 definition: 1. the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road…. Learn more.
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.
A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them. ...a white-painted apartment block. A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides. She walked four blocks down High Street. He walked around the block three times. A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
Define block. block synonyms, block pronunciation, block translation, English dictionary definition of block. a solid piece of hard material; an obstruction: block the street Not to be confused with: bloc – coalition of groups with the same purpose: a bloc of votes...
BLOCK definition: 1. a solid piece of something, usually in the shape of a square or rectangle: 2. the distance…. Learn more.
A solid or bulky piece of something; a mass. I.i.1.a. A log or bulky piece of wood; (formerly also) †part of the trunk of a tree, a stump, a stock (obsolete). Recorded earliest in blockboard n. (a). In later use merged in sense I.i.3a; in the specific sense ‘a log of wood’ now regional. Item in vj. bord. de blokbord. empt.
block (British English) a tall building that contains flats or offices; a building that forms part of a school, hospital, etc. and is used for a particular purpose: a block of flats; the school’s science block; Patterns. a(n) commercial/ industrial/ residential building/ property/ premises/ complex/ block; an apartment building/ complex/ block
5 days ago · block (plural blocks) A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading. Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution. You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year.
Definition of block noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
