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block
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- pronunciation:
- blak
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a solid piece of hard material such as wood, concrete, or ice, usu. flat on the sides.
Blocks of ice were cut from the surface of the frozen lake.
- similar words:
- bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube
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| definition 2: |
such a piece, usu. made of concrete, used for building construction.
- similar words:
- brick, cinder block
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| definition 3: |
a section of a city or town bounded on four sides by intersecting streets, or the distance represented by one side of such a section.
Let's take a walk around the block.He lives four blocks away.- similar words:
- neighborhood, square
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| definition 4: |
one of a set of small cubes or other three-dimensional shapes, usu. made of wood or plastic, and used as a child's building toy.
Her little boy was busy making a castle with his blocks.
- similar words:
- cube
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| definition 5: |
a mold on which a thing, esp. a hat, is shaped or displayed.
- synonyms:
- form, mold
- similar words:
- frame, shape
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| definition 6: |
a piece of wood, stone, or the like to be used for engraving.
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| definition 7: |
a solid piece of wood against which cutting or chopping is done.
- similar words:
- chopping block
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| definition 8: |
a group of people or things regarded as a single unit.
Members of the community tend to vote as a block.- synonyms:
- group
- similar words:
- alliance, battery, bloc, faction, league
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| definition 9: |
(chiefly British) a large building divided into separate apartments, offices, or the like.
They're putting up a new office block on the corner.They're tearing down that old block of flats. |
| definition 10: |
a hindrance; obstruction.
The stalled car is a block to traffic.- synonyms:
- blockage, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction
- similar words:
- bar, barrier, blockade, clog, hurdle, jam, rebuff, stop
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| definition 11: |
in sports, an act of physical obstruction of another player, esp. in football.
- similar words:
- interference, obstruction
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| definition 12: |
a state of being unable to perform a certain task.
He can't finish his novel because of his writer's block.- synonyms:
- blockage, inhibition
- similar words:
- repression, suppression
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| definition 13: |
the casing in which a pulley is set.
- similar words:
- block and tackle
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| definition 14: |
(slang) one's head.
He threatened to knock my block off.- synonyms:
- dome, head, noggin, pate
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| related words: |
barricade, control, eclipse, mass, obstacle, wedge |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
blocks, blocking, blocked |
| definition 1: |
to hinder or obstruct.
His lack of training blocks his chances for advancement.- synonyms:
- hinder, impede, obstruct, stop
- antonyms:
- bolster
- similar words:
- arrest, bar, bottleneck, clog, dam, frustrate, jam, occlude, oppose, preclude, rebuff
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| definition 2: |
to impede or obstruct by placing something in the way or by being in the way.
He blocked the door with cardboard boxes.The basketball player blocked his opponent.The stalled truck blocked the road.- synonyms:
- clog, jam, obstruct
- antonyms:
- unblock
- similar words:
- bottleneck, choke, close, clot, dam, foul, hinder, impede, interfere, occlude, stop, wall
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| definition 3: |
to put into a rough form; outline (usu. fol. by "out").
We blocked out the first act of the play.- synonyms:
- draft, map, outline
- similar words:
- delineate, plan, sketch
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| definition 4: |
to shape into or with a block.
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| related words: |
balk, barricade, blank, blockade, clip, cross, dam, discourage, eclipse, exclude, forbid, frustrate, hamper, hang up, hide, obscure, plug, prohibit, shackle, stall, stay, stem, suppress, thwart, ward, withhold |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
in certain sports, to hinder or obstruct the movements of an opposing player.
- similar words:
- hinder, interfere
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