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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151 In theory the British government could use its veto to block this proposal.
152 The new office block doesn't blend in with its surroundings.
153 A child fell from the seventh floor of a block of flats.
154 The new office block doesn't blend in well with its traditional surroundings.
155 A strong contingent of local residents were there to block the proposal.
156 You tell the boss about the mistake; I'm not going to put my head on the block!
157 They're tearing down these old houses to build a new office block.
158 Two firemen were hurt in a blaze which swept through a tower block last night.
159 There will be no stay of execution and few mourners for this concrete tower block, due to be demolished next month.
160 You'd have a good view of the sea from here except for the block of flats in between.
161 The union wants the system of block votes to continue.
162 They act at least a temporary block to DNA synthesis in micro - organisms.
163 The new office block is an excrescence on the landscape.
164 The road was chock a - block with varieties of vehicles again today.
165 It needs skill to chip a block of stone into a recognizable shape.
166 At the beginning of the winter, supplies were laid in, in case heavy falls of snow should block the road.
167 Tell me where you've been out so late, or I' ll knock your block off.
168 The remaining block of woodland is cut down to ground level.
169 The two men ducked into a block of flats and disappeared.
170 She took the dog for a walk around the block.
171 She cruised around the block looking for a parking space.
172 Detectives are investigating a hoax call which led to the evacuation of an office block.
173 The modern office block sticks out like a sore thumb among the old buildings in the area.
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174 The new accommodation block has all but masked the original building.
175 The car drove fast up to the road block and burst through.
176 I'm not going to put my head on the block for you.
177 Jim will knock your block off if he catches you riding his bike.
178 She grew up playing with the other kids on the block.
179 Those parcels may hit the auction block.
180 Marina's is an old apartment block on Putnik Street.