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- DictionaryBlock/bläk/
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"
- 2. a large single building subdivided into separate rooms, apartments, or offices: British "an apartment block"
verb
- 1. make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible: "block up the holes with sticky tape"
- 2. impress text or a design on (a book cover).
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.
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.
the buildings next to each other between crossing streets, or the distance from one street to the next in a city or town: There’s a good deli on this block. A block is also an area enclosed by four streets that form a rectangle in a city or town: The new building will take up an entire city block.
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.
block. 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.
BLOCK meaning: 1. a solid piece of something, usually in the shape of a square or rectangle: 2. the distance…. Learn more.
Definition of block noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
block something to prevent something from happening, developing or making progress. The proposed merger has been blocked by the government. Firewalls can block unauthorized access to a computer.
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.
