Synonym: clog, hinder, lump, mass, obstruct, solid. Similar words: local, locate, location, blond, blow off, blow up, bloody, blow out. Meaning: [blɒk] 
n. 1. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) 2. a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings 3. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides 4. a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit 5. housing in a large building that is divided into separate units 6. (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted 7. an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension 8. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope 9. a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine 10. an obstruction in a pipe or tube 11. a platform from which an auctioneer sells 12. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements. v. 1. render unsuitable for passage 2. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of 3. stop from happening or developing 4. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals 5. run on a block system 6. interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia 7. shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight 8. stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block 9. obstruct 10. block passage through 11. support, secure, or raise with a block 12. impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) 13. be unable to remember 14. shape by using a block 15. shape into a block or blocks 16. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets).
n. 1. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) 2. a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings 3. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides 4. a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit 5. housing in a large building that is divided into separate units 6. (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted 7. an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension 8. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope 9. a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine 10. an obstruction in a pipe or tube 11. a platform from which an auctioneer sells 12. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements. v. 1. render unsuitable for passage 2. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of 3. stop from happening or developing 4. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals 5. run on a block system 6. interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia 7. shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight 8. stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block 9. obstruct 10. block passage through 11. support, secure, or raise with a block 12. impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) 13. be unable to remember 14. shape by using a block 15. shape into a block or blocks 16. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). 
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61 He walked around the block three times.
62 Let's walk round the block.
63 Mr. Block ran a boy down this afternoon.
64 Every house on this block is slated for demolition.
65 After his second novel Garland had writer's block .
66 Their aim was to block guerrilla supply lines.
67 In autumn, leaves block the drains up.
68 It started a fire in a block of flats.
69 Tony had writer's block for two years .
70 The town centre was chock - a - block.
71 Write your name in block capitals, please.
72 Try to block up these holes in the wall.
73 She lives in a modern apartment block.
74 You'd better block in a plan of the building.
75 The church is down the block.
76 I took a walk around the block.
77 This afternoon we'll block act two.
78 Please print your name and address in block capitals.
79 Recently the professor often has a memory block.
80 I'll just block in the main buildings.
81 The author denies that she is experiencing writer's block.
82 He put his hands over his ears to block out the noise.
83 The council refused planning permission for the erection of a block of flats.
84 They took over a condemned 1960s tower block last year for one night.
85 For years the country has tried to block imports of various cheap foreign products.
86 A large piece of ice broke away from the main block.
87 The government's stubborn attitude was a block to further talks.
88 He chiseled the figure of a girl out of a block of white marble.
89 Our flat is one of the two occupied in the block.
90 It's not always easy being the new kid on the block.