block
block
blɑk
blaak
/blɒk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "block"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āϘāύāĻ•

a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
block definition and meaning
1.1

āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āϘāύāĻ•

a large solid piece of material that is square or rectangular in shape and has flat sides
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mason placed the concrete block into the wall structure.
āϰāĻžāϜāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

an area in a city or town that contains several buildings and is surrounded by four streets
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block definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The grocery store is located on the next block.
āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāύāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦā§āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
03

āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚

a large building that is divided into separate units for housing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They moved into a modern block designed for young professionals.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝ⧁āĻŦ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϞāϕ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ

a set or group of related items or quantities that are handled, dealt with, or considered as a single unit
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The course is taught in three blocks, each focusing on different aspects of the subject.
āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϏāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž

the act of obstructing, stopping, or deflecting the movement or action of someone or something, often used in sports and martial arts contexts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She executed a perfect block during the volleyball game.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āϞāĻŋāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ

an obstruction or impediment in a pipe or tube that prevents the normal flow of liquid, gas, or other substances
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a block in the shower pipe causing the water to back up.
āĻļāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϜāϞāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋ, āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•

a wheel with a groove for a rope, used to lift or move heavy objects by changing the direction of the force applied to the rope
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sailors used a block to hoist the sails.
āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āĻŽāĻžā§āϚ, āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

a platform or stand from which an auctioneer conducts sales, presenting items for bidders to consider and place bids on
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was nervous as she approached the block to present her item for auction.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāχāĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
09

āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•

a sudden inability to remember or think of something you usually can, often due to emotional stress or tension
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite his preparation, he hit a block when it was time to give his speech.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
10

āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟāϰ

(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest unit of data storage that can be accessed or managed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The integrity of the data block was verified before proceeding with the operation.
āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•-āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāϤāĻž āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
11

āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•, āϜāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ

the firm, trapezoid or rectangular mat used in gymnastics for stepping and vaulting practice
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He adjusted the block to perfect his bars routine.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to stop the flow or movement of something through somewhere
Transitive: to block a passage
to block definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ice block blocked the stream, creating a temporary dam.
āĻŦāϰāĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϰ⧋āϤāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to prevent someone from contacting or viewing one's activities on social media
Transitive: to block a person or account
to block definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to block the spam account that kept sending him unwanted messages.
āϏ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻŽ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āĻ›āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āϤāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to hinder the occurrence of an action or to impede someone from doing something
Transitive: to block an action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The firewall blocked the unauthorized access attempts to the company's database.
āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇ āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to restrict or prevent access to a particular communication or service
Transitive: to block communication
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The telecom provider blocked outgoing calls to international numbers to prevent fraudulent activities.
āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāωāϟāĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϞ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to shape or form something, typically using a solid piece of material as a base or mold
Transitive: to block a solid material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shoemaker blocked the leather to give it the desired shape for the shoe.
āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ• āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻŋāϤ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to prevent or restrict access to financial resources or property
Transitive: to block financial resources or transactions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In response to market volatility, the brokerage firm decided to block trading of certain stocks.
āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦā§āϰ⧋āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϜ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āϟāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to encounter a state of mental obstacle or inhibition that impedes the flow of thoughts, ideas, or creativity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The musician blocked during the performance, forgetting the lyrics to the song.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to obstruct or hinder the progress or action of an opponent, typically in sports or competitive activities
Transitive: to block action of an opponent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The goalkeeper blocked the striker's attempt to score a goal with a diving save.
āĻ—ā§‹āϞāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĄāĻžāχāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āϭ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to impress or imprint a title, design, or pattern onto a book cover
Transitive: to block a title or design onto a book cover
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The embosser blocked the publisher's logo onto the cover of the limited edition books.
āĻāĻŽāĻŦā§‹āϏāĻžāϰ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§āĻ›āĻĻ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϕ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ—ā§‹ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to obstruct or impede the movement or passage of something or someone by creating a barrier or hindrance
Transitive: to block a passage or road
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The landslide blocked the highway, halting traffic in both directions.
āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϧāϏ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to obstruct or conceal something from being seen or observed
Transitive: to block a view
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tall trees along the street blocked the sunlight from reaching the sidewalk.
āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϰ⧋āĻĻ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

blockage
blockish
blocky
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