block
- noun
- /blɑk/
- The precinct captains notify the block wardens.
And with my new side neighbor, there's that center block wall.
- And with my new side neighbor, there's that center block wall.
Examples
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Residents in the old block were excited to hear about the upcoming renovations.
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A very large building block laid for the future.
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I know someone on this block.
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She dropped me a block from my apartment house.
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The guide directs us into the first block, now home to museum displays.
Fiction book (1994) -
Everybody in Malka's apartment block and in Aviva's own building wanted to be her friend.
Fiction book (1993) -
Students participated in interventions during a 30-minute intervention block built into the regular school day.
Academic text (2012) -
Participants were recruited during randomly selected 6-hour blocks of time from August 2001 through April 2003.
Academic text (2011) -
The new apartment building has a spacious block with several units available for rent.
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She decided to move into a different block in the school to be closer to her friends.
Synonyms
A large building with many separate homes where people live
A building with many separate homes where different people live
A tall building with many apartments or offices on different floors
A large building with many rooms used by different businesses
A very large building that contains many apartments
Idioms
- Informal
A person who is very like one of their parents in looks or behaviour
Compounds
- Formal
Money given by a national government to local governments for a general purpose with few rules
- Specialized
A metal part of an engine that holds the cylinders and channels for cooling
- Specialized
The heart's signals stop partly or completely, causing slow, irregular beats and fainting
- Specialized
A simple picture showing the main parts of a system and how they connect
- Literature
A vote by a delegate that counts for the number of people they represent
- Specialized
A solid piece of metal in an engine that holds the cylinders where the pistons move and cooling passages
- Specialized
A heart problem when electrical signals between the upper and lower chambers are slow or stop causing fainting
- Specialized
An injection that numbs the nerves near the vagina to reduce pain during childbirth
- Specialized
A way to make part of the body numb by putting medicine near a nerve
An uppercase letter written clearly and not joined to other letters often used on forms
- Archaic
A small wheel used with a rope to help raise sails at the top of a ship's mast
- Specialized
An injection of pain medicine into the lower part of the spine to numb the lower body for surgery
- Specialized
A light concrete block used for building, made from waste from burned coal instead of stone
- Specialized
A small piece of felt that drops on a piano string to stop it from vibrating
- Specialized
A part of a disk where data cannot be read or written because it is damaged
- Specialized
A block in a blockchain that the network computers do not accept because it breaks the rules
- Specialized
A way to numb one body part by injecting medicine near a nerve
- Specialized
A wheel with a groove that a rope runs in to lift things or change the rope's direction
- Specialized
A method that numbs the area that would touch a saddle by injecting medicine near the spine
- Specialized
An injection of numbing medicine beside the cervix to reduce pain during childbirth
- Specialized
A metal block that supports a shaft so it can turn smoothly with a bearing inside
- Specialized
A tool with a sharp point on a stand that checks flat surfaces or marks lines on metal
- Specialized
A heavy iron block with holes and grooves that helps shape hot metal in a forge
- Jargon
In American football, an illegal action where a player hits another player from the side or behind
- Specialized
A pulley that opens so you can place a rope inside without passing the end through
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Block as a part of a building comes from the idea of a 'block' as a single unit or chunk, so a block of apartments is one grouped section of the larger building.