Meanings
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plural blocks · alternative obsolete blocke
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
a block of ice; a block of stone
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She picked up the block and examined it.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
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You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC - A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade’s bill; using, however, my comrade’s money.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC - A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i] - datedmediaA piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
Synonyms: pulley block
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
"Aye," said the farmer putting another block on the fire as he spoke […]
1803, Mary Tighe, Selena2 more examples
She said, 'I hope I shall not be left to kill myself, but It would be no more sin to kill me, than to put a block on the fire.'
1833, The Gospel Anchor, volume 2, page 371Dawn and Shorty would cut this tree into blocks, while Randy and Matt went back for more. Dawn and Shorty made a good team on the crosscut, so when another log arrived, the first was almost completely made into shake wood.
2012, Ron Herrett, Shorty's Story - A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
a block of 100 tickets
- falconryThe perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- cellular automataIn Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
Perhaps the simplest puffer known is the following period 20 puffer based on the period 20 spaceship, which creates blocks.
1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 5/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)2 more examples
But there are many queen bee configurations in which the debris is neutralized, including placement of a block or eater near the bee's turnaround point, or placing two queen bees in a line or at right angles in various positions and phases.
1989 October 31, Scott Huddleston, “life: glider guns”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)Blocks have a couple of unusual properties: they are cleanly destroyed by an incoming glider on any one of six adjacent paths, and none of the possible collisions include any output gliders, so you can't get chain reactions.
2005 February 23, Dave Greene, “exist glider gun able of reconstruction in Life?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
a block of text; a block of colour; a block of land
- hobbiesA joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
a block of data; a block of seven days; a block reservation
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The great game of golf offered an antidote to the inevitable dead space — blocks of difficult-to-use hours, pre- and postflight — that are one of business travel’s biggest drags.
2007 September 4, John Berg, “Time on the Greens Beats Time at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2021- computingA logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
After one disk is mapped, the next block starts at address 0 on the next disk.
2003, Dilip M. Ranade, Shared Data Clusters, page 791 more example
The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes. In addition, the size of each block bounty would halve every 210,000 blocks—first from 50 bitcoins to 25, then from 25 to 12.5, and so on. Around the year 2140, the currency would reach its preordained limit of 21 million bitcoins.
2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025 - computingA fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- chemistryA portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- rail transportA section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- computingA contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
The "Specials" block comprises the sixteen codepoints from U+FFF0 through U+FFFF.
- educationA yeargroup at Eton College.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
I’m going for a walk around the block.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.
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The Witness: Well, I have one that is 8/10 of a mile away; I have one that is just about another 8/10 of a mile away; I have one that is three blocks away; I have one that is four blocks away; I have one that is eight blocks away, and I have one that is about 14 blocks away.
1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 423This uphill trail is like a battlefield. Anne offers to carry the older woman's backpack. […] I couldn't walk three blocks with the Danish woman's bulging backpack.
2009, Hape Kerkeling, I'm Off Then, page 241A county courthouse and a municipal building, located approximately a city block north of the district, were automatically excluded because they were separated from the main CBD by several blocks that did not reach either of the required index values.
2017, Raymond E. Murphy, The Central Business District, page 37Synonyms: city block
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
a block of flats; a tower block; an office block; a toilet block; a shower block
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He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC- A cellblock.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
There’s a block in the pipe that means the water can’t get through.
Synonyms: barrier, blockage, obstruction
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
a mental block
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I work with writers/artists/others using artistic skills as a tool to explore blocks and free creative energy.
1977 April 1, “COUNSELING (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14writer’s block
Synonyms: barrier, blockage, obstruction
- backgammonAny point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
Synonyms: barrier, blockage, obstruction
- hobbiesAn action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
The match proved an unedifying spectacle until Spurs won a corner following their first move of real quality, John Mensah making an important block with Jermain Defoe poised to strike.
2011 February 12, Oliver Brett, “Sunderland 1–2 Tottenham”, in BBC - gymnasticsThe portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
While it might seem like she should bend her elbows in order to spring up — the way you bend your knees in order to jump — a good block actually requires the gymnast to keep her arms straight and use her shoulder strength to launch into the air.
2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024 - social mediacomputingA temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
I’ve put a block on calls from that number.
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The Wiktionary page-blanking vandal was hit with an indefinite block.
Synonyms: barrier, blockage, obstruction, nuclear block
- obsoleteA blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.
What a block art thou!
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]
present singular third person blocks · participle present blocking · participle past blocked · past blocked · alternative obsolete blocke
- transitiveTo fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
The pipe was blocked by leaves.
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You’re blocking the road – I can’t get through!
Despite the fact that ice blocks its harbors in heavy winters, the Baltic has become one of the world's most active seas.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 613However, at Manchester the junctions and signals are so close that a train running more slowly over several junctions simply blocks those junctions for longer, preventing other trains moving.
2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Is there relief to congestion along Castlefield Corridor?”, in Rail, page 23 - transitiveTo prevent (something or someone) from passing.
A broken-down car is blocking the traffic.
- transitiveTo prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss.
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Mr. Ip, who was the chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong district council, became a target of protesters in July after he blocked debate on the extradition bill that incited the protests this summer.
2019 November 25, Austin Ramzy, Tiffany May, Katherine Li, Elaine Yu, “Here’s What 5 of Hong Kong’s Newly Elected Politicians Have to Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2019 - transitivehobbiesTo impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
He blocked the basketball player’s shot.
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The offensive linemen tried to block the blitz.
- transitiveentertainmentTo specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly.
- transitiveball gamesTo hit with a block.
- intransitiveball gamesTo play a block shot.
- transitiveTo bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
I tried to send you a message, but you’ve blocked me!
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The user who started the edit war was blocked for a day to cool off.
He messages her occasionally on Facebook, sending photos of grandkids and puppies he’s raised. Every year, he wishes her a happy birthday. She has not replied, but she has also not blocked him.
2024 March 18, Sarah Zhang, “DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest”, in The AtlanticSynonyms: nuclear block
- transitiveTo bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
Most Internet services have been blocked.
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They’ve blocked all calls to international numbers.
- intransitivecomputingTo wait for some condition to become true.
When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable.
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Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.
2014, Richard Blewett, Andrew Clymer, Pro Asynchronous Programming with .NET, page 25 - transitiveTo shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard.
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Then I finished knitting the socks and wove in all ends for each sock before soaking them in warm water and wool wash for 20 minutes and blocking them on sock blockers.
2026, Stefanie Johnson, “Color-Block Socks”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 77 - transitiveTo shape or sketch out roughly.
When drawing a scene, first block the main features, and then fill in the detail.
- intransitiveTo experience mental block or creative block.
As I started to read the stories I thought, "I have to write my story," but I blocked on it for six months. I couldn't write anything else while I couldn't write my coming out story. It seemed to me a subterfuge to turn out an anthology of coming out stories which didn't have my story in it.
1976 April 26, Jil Clark, Julia Penelope, Susan Wolfe, “The Politics of Language”, in Gay Community News, page 8 - archaicslangTo have sex with.
[I]f I was married Id let him do it to me and I promised him yes faithfully Id let him block me […].
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 18: Penelope]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 711
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Block3
plural Blocks
- countableuncountableA surname.
Zachary Block chats with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen about their new show, Portlandia, which airs on IFC, Fridays at 10:30.
2011 January 25, “Portlandia”, in BOMB1 more example
The major themes in Francesca Lia Block's books include the necessity of love and the acceptance of and celebration of racial and sexual difference.
1994, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, Gay & Lesbian Literature: Introduction to gay male literature, page 37 - countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
nounThe distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
nounSomething that prevents something from passing.
nounInterference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
nounAny point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
nounAn action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
nounA shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
nounThe position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
nounA defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
nounThe portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
nounA temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
nounThe human head.
verbTo bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
verbTo knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
nounan inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
nouna 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
nouna metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
nounan obstruction in a pipe or tube
verbrender unsuitable for passage
verbhinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
verbshut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
block · noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰelǵ-“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”
- Proto-Germanic*blukką“beam, log”
- Proto-West Germanic*blokk
- Old Dutch*blok“log”
- Middle Dutchblok“treetrunk”
- Old Frenchbloc“log, block”
- Middle Englishblok“log, stump, solid piece”
- Englishblock
From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Middle Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐλεός, ἄμφοδον
- ἐλεός (eleós)chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- ἄμφοδον (ámphodon)group of buildings demarcated by streets
- φράσσω (phrássō)to fill, making it impossible to pass
Arabic طَابُوقَة
- طَابُوقَة (ṭābūqa)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
Bulgarian пън, дръвник
- пън (păn)chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- дръвник (drăvnik)chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- цепеница (cepenica)section of split log used as fuel
- блокче (blokče)set of paper sheets
- скицник (skicnik)set of paper sheets
- блок (blok)residential building consisting of flats
- блок (blok)computing: logical data storage unit
- блок (blok)programming: region of code that acts as single unit
- пресечка (presečka)distance from one street to another
- блок (blok)volleyball: defensive play
- тимберица (timberica)slang: human head
- кратуна (kratuna)slang: human head
- преграждам (pregraždam)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- блокирам (blokiram)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- блокирам (blokiram)to impede opponent
- блокирам (blokiram)computing: to wait
- препречвам (preprečvam)to prevent passing
- препятствам (prepjatstvam)to prevent an action
- блокирам (blokiram)to impose a ban from accessing an online service, account or IP address
Catalan illa, bloqueig
- illadistance from one street to another
- bloqueigvolleyball: defensive play
- cubsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blocsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- illagroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- bloqueigsports: action to interfere
- bloquejarto fill, making it impossible to pass
- blocarto fill, making it impossible to pass
- obstruirto fill, making it impossible to pass
- bloquejarto impede opponent
- blocarto impede opponent
- bloquejarto prevent passing
- blocarto prevent passing
- bloquejarto prevent an action
- blocarto prevent an action
Chinese Cantonese 阻住, 阻住
- 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶)to impede opponent
- 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶)to prevent passing
- 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶)to prevent an action
Chinese Mandarin 砧板, 索具
- 砧板 (zhēnbǎn)chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- 索具 (suǒjù)part of a ship's rigging
- 一批 (yìpī)set of paper sheets
- 簇 (cù)computing: logical data storage unit
- 街區 /街区 (jiēqū)distance from one street to another
- 排球 (páiqiú)volleyball: defensive play
- 頭 /头 (tóu)slang: human head
- 塊體 /块体 (kuàitǐ)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
- 街區 /街区 (jiēqū)group of buildings demarcated by streets
- 障礙物 /障碍物 (zhàngāiwù)something that prevents passing
- 堵塞 (dǔsè)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- 封鎖 /封锁 (fēngsuǒ)to disable communication
- 拉黑 (lāhēi)to disable communication
Czech blok, blok
- blokcomputing: logical data storage unit
- blokdistance from one street to another
- blokvolleyball: defensive play
- bloksubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blokgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
Danish karré, karre
- karrédistance from one street to another
- karredistance from one street to another
- spærreto prevent passing
- blokereto prevent passing
Dutch blok, blok
- blokchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- blokset of paper sheets
- blokdistance from one street to another
- straatdistance from one street to another
- kopslang: human head
- bloksubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blokgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- verstoppingsomething that prevents passing
- verstoppento fill, making it impossible to pass
- verhinderento impede opponent
- tegenhoudento impede opponent
- versperrento prevent passing
- blokkerento prevent passing
- tegenhoudento prevent an action
- verhinderento prevent an action
Esperanto bloko, bloko
- blokocomputing: logical data storage unit
- blokoprogramming: region of code that acts as single unit
- blokosubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- ŝtopito fill, making it impossible to pass
Estonian korruselamu, korrusmaja
- korruselamuresidential building consisting of flats
- korrusmajaresidential building consisting of flats
Finnish pölkky, leikkauspölkky
- pölkkychopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- leikkauspölkkychopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- mestauspölkkychopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- hattutukkimould on which headgear is shaped
- pölkkyprinting: piece of hardwood on which a plate is mounted
- plokipart of a ship's rigging
- pylpyräpart of a ship's rigging
- halkosection of split log used as fuel
- klapisection of split log used as fuel
- lehtiöset of paper sheets
- orsifalconry: perch on which a bird of prey is kept
- asuinkerrostaloresidential building consisting of flats
- tukkiato fill, making it impossible to pass
- estääto impede opponent
- pysäyttääto impede opponent
- asemoidato specify positions and movements of actors
- estääto disable communication
- odottaacomputing: to wait
- estääcomputing: to wait
- muotoillato stretch or mould into the desired shape
- sulkeato prevent passing
- tukkiato prevent passing
- estääto prevent an action
- ehkäistäto prevent an action
French billot, bloc
- billotchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- blocset of paper sheets
- immeubleresidential building consisting of flats
- bloccomputing: logical data storage unit
- ruedistance from one street to another
- pâté de maisondistance from one street to another
- blocagevolleyball: defensive play
- troncheslang: human head
- ciboulotslang: human head
- blocsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blocchemistry: portion of macromolecule
- pâté de maisonsgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- boucherto fill, making it impossible to pass
- obstruerto fill, making it impossible to pass
- bloquerto disable communication
- bloquerto prevent passing
- contrerto prevent an action
- bloquerto prevent an action
German Block, Klotz
- Blockchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- Klotzchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- Blockset of paper sheets
- Blockcomputing: logical data storage unit
- Datenblockcomputing: logical data storage unit
- Blockprogramming: region of code that acts as single unit
- Abschnittprogramming: region of code that acts as single unit
- Teilprogramming: region of code that acts as single unit
- Blocksubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- Klotzsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- Häuserblockgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- Blockgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- blockierento fill, making it impossible to pass
- verstopfento fill, making it impossible to pass
- abblockento impede opponent
- blockierento prevent passing
- abblockento prevent an action
- blockierento prevent an action
Greek μπλοκ, μπλοκάρω
- μπλοκ (blok)set of paper sheets
- μπλοκάρω (blokáro)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- μπλοκάρω (blokáro)to impede opponent
- εμποδίζω (empodízo)to prevent passing
- εμποδίζω (empodízo)to prevent an action
Hawaiian keʻa, hoʻokeʻa
- keʻato prevent passing
- hoʻokeʻato prevent passing
- keʻato prevent an action
Hebrew חסימה, קֻבִּיָּה
- חסימה (khasimá)volleyball: defensive play
- קֻבִּיָּה (qubiyá)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
- מחסום (makhsóm)something that prevents passing
- סתם (satám)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- סינן (sinén)to disable communication
- חסם (khasám)to disable communication
- חסם (khasám)to prevent passing
Hindi खंड, खंड
- खंड (khaṇḍ)distance from one street to another
- खंड (khaṇḍ)group of buildings demarcated by streets
- अवरोध (avrodh)something that prevents passing
- रोकना (roknā)sports: action to interfere
- अवरोध (avrodh)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- रोकना (roknā)to impede opponent
- प्रतिबंध करना (pratibandh karnā)to disable communication
- रोकना (roknā)to prevent passing
- रोकना (roknā)to prevent an action
- प्रतिबंध करना (pratibandh karnā)to impose a ban from accessing an online service, account or IP address
Hungarian rönk, tuskó
- rönkchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- tuskóchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- tőkechopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- vérpadchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- -tömbset of paper sheets
- csomagset of paper sheets
- füzetset of paper sheets
- háztömbresidential building consisting of flats
- házresidential building consisting of flats
- lakóházresidential building consisting of flats
- lakóépületresidential building consisting of flats
- tömbcomputing: logical data storage unit
- blokkolto prevent passing
Icelandic kubbur, blokk
- kubbursection of split log used as fuel
- blokkresidential building consisting of flats
- kubbursubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
Indonesian blok, balok
- blokvolleyball: defensive play
- baloksubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blokgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- menutupito fill, making it impossible to pass
- menghalangito prevent passing
- mencegahto prevent an action
Irish ceap, bloc
- ceapchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- blocgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- coiscto prevent passing
- coiscto prevent an action
Italian ceppo, verricello
- ceppochopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- verricellopart of a ship's rigging
- bozzellopart of a ship's rigging
- blocchettoset of paper sheets
- bloccoset of paper sheets
- condominioresidential building consisting of flats
- bloccoresidential building consisting of flats
- quartinaphilately: joined group of stamps, forming square
- bloccocomputing: logical data storage unit
- bloccosubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- cubosubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- bloccochemistry: portion of macromolecule
- bloccareto fill, making it impossible to pass
- ostruireto fill, making it impossible to pass
- bloccareto impede opponent
- ostacolareto impede opponent
- bloccareto prevent passing
- ostruireto prevent passing
- bloccareto prevent an action
- impedireto prevent an action
Japanese ブロック, 塊
- ブロック (burokku)computing: logical data storage unit
- 塊 (katamari)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
- 街区 (gaiku)group of buildings demarcated by streets
- 阻む (habamu)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- 遮る (saegiru)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- 阻む (habamu)to prevent passing
- 遮る (saegiru)to prevent passing
- 塞ぐ (fusagu)to prevent passing
- 阻む (habamu)to prevent an action
- 阻止する (soshi suru)to prevent an action
Korean 블록, 구역
- 블록 (beullok)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
- 구역 (guyeok)group of buildings demarcated by streets
- 가구 (gagu)group of buildings demarcated by streets
Latin obstruō, claudō
- obstruōto fill, making it impossible to pass
- claudōto prevent passing
- obstōto prevent passing
Latvian bloķēt, bloķēt
- bloķētto impede opponent
- bloķētto prevent passing
- bloķētto prevent an action
Malay papan, bongkah
- papanchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- bongkahsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
Māori poraka, paraka
- porakapart of a ship's rigging
- parakapart of a ship's rigging
- tāngutusection of split log used as fuel
- porakagroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- tairito fill, making it impossible to pass
- punito fill, making it impossible to pass
- āraito fill, making it impossible to pass
- katito fill, making it impossible to pass
- pākatito fill, making it impossible to pass
- tāihato fill, making it impossible to pass
- taupareto impede opponent
- whakapunito impede opponent
- aukatito impede opponent
- āraito impede opponent
- āraito prevent passing
- tāihato prevent passing
Norwegian blokk, kloss
- blokkdistance from one street to another
- klosssubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
Norwegian Bokmål kvartal
- kvartalgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
Persian بلوک, بلوک
- بلوک (blok)distance from one street to another
- بلوک (blok)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
Polish blok, bloczydło
- blokresidential building consisting of flats
- bloczydłoresidential building consisting of flats
- blokphilately: joined group of stamps, forming square
- blokcomputing: logical data storage unit
- blokprogramming: region of code that acts as single unit
- blokvolleyball: defensive play
- bloksubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blokowaćto fill, making it impossible to pass
- zablokowywaćto fill, making it impossible to pass
- zablokowaćto fill, making it impossible to pass
- blokowaćto impede opponent
- zablokowywaćto impede opponent
- zablokowaćto impede opponent
- blokowaćto disable communication
- blokowaćto prevent passing
- zablokowywaćto prevent passing
- zablokowaćto prevent passing
- blokowaćto prevent an action
- zablokowywaćto prevent an action
Portuguese bloco, resma
- blocochopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- resmaset of paper sheets
- blocoresidential building consisting of flats
- blococomputing: logical data storage unit
- cantãosection of a railroad where the block system is used
- quadradistance from one street to another
- quarteirãodistance from one street to another
- bloqueiovolleyball: defensive play
- blocosubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blocochemistry: portion of macromolecule
- quadragroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- quarteirãogroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- entupirto fill, making it impossible to pass
- obstruirto fill, making it impossible to pass
- bloquearto prevent passing
- impedirto prevent passing
- obstruirto prevent passing
- impedirto prevent an action
- bloquearto prevent an action
- bloquearto impose a ban from accessing an online service, account or IP address
Romanian bloc, bloc
- blocset of paper sheets
- blocresidential building consisting of flats
- blocsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blocato prevent passing
Russian коло́да, чурба́н
- коло́да (kolóda)chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- чурба́н (čurbán)chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- плаха (plaxa)chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- болванка (bolvanka)mould on which headgear is shaped
- полено (poleno)section of split log used as fuel
- чурбак (čurbak)section of split log used as fuel
- блок (blok)set of paper sheets
- блок (blok)philately: joined group of stamps, forming square
- блок (blok)computing: logical data storage unit
- блок (blok)programming: region of code that acts as single unit
- кварта́л (kvartál)distance from one street to another
- блок (blok)volleyball: defensive play
- прегражда́ть (pregraždátʹ)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- прегради́ть (pregradítʹ)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- блоки́ровать (blokírovatʹ)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- заблоки́ровать (zablokírovatʹ)to fill, making it impossible to pass
- блокировать (blokirovatʹ)to impede opponent
- блоки́ровать (blokírovatʹ)to prevent passing
- препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ)to prevent an action
- воспрепя́тствовать (vosprepjátstvovatʹ)to prevent an action
Scottish Gaelic sgonn, ceap
- sgonnchopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- ceapsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- sgonnsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
Slovak poleno, polienko
- polenosection of split log used as fuel
- polienkosection of split log used as fuel
- blokset of paper sheets
- bytovkaresidential building consisting of flats
- blokcomputing: logical data storage unit
- blokprogramming: region of code that acts as single unit
- blokcryptography: fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message
- blokdistance from one street to another
- bloksubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- blokgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- prekážkasomething that prevents passing
- zablokovaťto fill, making it impossible to pass
- upchaťto fill, making it impossible to pass
- blokovaťto disable communication
- zablokovaťto disable communication
- čakaťcomputing: to wait
- blokovaťcomputing: to wait
- blokovaťto prevent passing
- zablokovaťto prevent passing
- upchaťto prevent passing
- zastaviťto prevent passing
- blokovaťto prevent an action
- zablokovaťto prevent an action
Spanish bloque, block
- bloquechopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- blockset of paper sheets
- blocset of paper sheets
- bloqueresidential building consisting of flats
- bloquecomputing: logical data storage unit
- manzanadistance from one street to another
- cuadradistance from one street to another
- bloquesubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- bloquetasubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- bloquechemistry: portion of macromolecule
- manzanagroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- cuadragroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- bloquearto fill, making it impossible to pass
- atascarto fill, making it impossible to pass
- obstruirto fill, making it impossible to pass
- bloquearto impede opponent
- taponarto impede opponent
- bloquearto disable communication
- bloquearto prevent passing
- impedirto prevent passing
- obstruirto prevent passing
- atorarto prevent passing
- bloquearto prevent an action
- impedirto prevent an action
Swedish kubbe, huggkubbe
- kubbechopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- huggkubbechopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading
- blockpart of a ship's rigging
- blockset of paper sheets
- blockcomputing: logical data storage unit
- blockprogramming: region of code that acts as single unit
- kvarterdistance from one street to another
- skalleslang: human head
- knoppslang: human head
- blocksubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- klosssubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- kvartergroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- blockerato fill, making it impossible to pass
- blockerato impede opponent
- blockerato disable communication
- blockato disable communication
- blockerato prevent passing
- förhindrato prevent an action
- blockerato impose a ban from accessing an online service, account or IP address
Tagalog bloke
- blokesubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
Tamil தடு
- தடு (taṭu)to prevent passing
Thai ช่วงตึก, บล็อก
- ช่วงตึกdistance from one street to another
- บล็อก (blɔ́k)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
- ช่วงตึกgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
Turkish ada, kadastro adası
- adagroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- kadastro adasıgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
- engellemekto fill, making it impossible to pass
- engellemekto disable communication
- engellemekto prevent passing
Ukrainian блок, кварта́л
- блок (blok)substantial often approximately cuboid piece
- кварта́л (kvartál)group of buildings demarcated by streets
- блокува́ти (blokuváty)to prevent passing
- блокува́ти (blokuváty)to prevent an action
- заблоко́вувати (zablokóvuvaty)to prevent an action
- заблокува́ти (zablokuváty)to prevent an action
Vietnamese bờ lốc, chặn
- bờ lốcsubstantial often approximately cuboid piece
- chặnto prevent passing
- chặnto impose a ban from accessing an online service, account or IP address
- cấmto impose a ban from accessing an online service, account or IP address
Welsh bloc
- blocgroup of buildings demarcated by streets
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Cite this entry
block. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block
“block.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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