Meanings
adjectiveblocklike (comparative more blocklike, superlative most blocklike)
comparative more blocklike · superlative most blocklike · alternative block-like
- Having an oblong shape
[…] the dim, tall, blocklike shadows behind the trees make it start to look, weirdly, as if this were Central Park as painted by Vuillard.
2009 January 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Tilting at Windmills, but Not at Traditions, in Performance From Maryinsky”, in New York Times
Origin
- Englishblock
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishblocklike
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