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The definition of block
41 Definitions of: block
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- noun, a large solid piece of wood, stone, or other material with flat rectangular sides, as for use in building
- noun, any large solid piece of wood, stone, etc, usually having at least one face fairly flat
- noun, such a piece on which particular tasks may be done, as chopping, cutting, or beheading
- noun, Also called: building block one of a set of wooden or plastic cubes as a child's toy
- noun, a form on which things are shaped or displayed
- noun, slang a person's head (esp in the phrase knock someone's block off)
- noun, do one's block slang to become angry
- noun, a dull, unemotional, or hardhearted person
- noun, a large building of offices, flats, etc
- noun, a) a group of buildings in a city bounded by intersecting streets on each side b) the area or distance between such intersecting streets
- noun, an area of land for a house, farm, etc
- noun, a log, usually a willow, fastened to a timber base and used in a wood-chopping competition
- noun, an area of land, esp one to be divided for building or settling
- noun, See cylinder block
- noun, a) a piece of wood, metal, or other material having an engraved, cast, or carved design in relief, used either for printing or for stamping book covers, etc b) a letterpress printing plate, esp one mounted type-high on wood or metal
- noun, a casing housing one or more freely rotating pulleys. See also block and tackle
- noun, on the block up for auction
- noun, the act of obstructing or condition of being obstructed, as in sports
- noun, an obstruction or hindrance
- noun, pathol a) interference in the normal physiological functioning of an organ or part b)See heart block c)See nerve block
- noun, psychol a short interruption of perceptual or thought processes
- noun, obstruction of an opponent in a sport
- noun, a) a section or quantity, as of tickets or shares, handled or considered as a single unit b) (as modifier)
- noun, a) a stretch of railway in which only one train may travel at a time b) (as modifier)
- noun, an unseparated group of four or more postage stamps. Compare strip
- noun, a pad of paper
- noun, computing a group of words treated as a unit of data on a tape, disk, etc
- noun, athletics. short for starting block
- noun, cricket a mark made near the popping crease by a batsman to indicate his position in relation to the wicket
- noun, a chip off the old block a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour
- verb, to shape or form (something) into a block
- verb, to fit with or mount on a block
- verb, to shape by use of a block
- verb, to obstruct (a passage, channel, etc) or prevent or impede the motion or flow of (something or someone) by introducing an obstacle
- verb, to impede, retard, or prevent (an action, procedure, etc)
- verb, to stamp (a title, design, etc) on (a book cover, etc) by means of a block (see sense 15a.), esp using gold leaf or other foil
- verb, (esp of a government or central bank) to limit the use or conversion of assets or currency
- verb, sport to obstruct or impede movement by (an opponent)
- verb, to suffer a psychological block
- verb, to interrupt a physiological function, as by use of an anaesthetic
- verb, cricket to play (a ball) defensively ▷ See also block in ▷ See also, block out
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of block