blockmate

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noun

Someone living on the same block

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Meanings

nounblockmate (plural blockmates)

plural blockmates

  1. Someone living on the same block

    Some haven’t seen each other in years; others have arrived with blockmates and best friends. […] Julie E. Kobick ’05 sits across from the two boys; another blockmate from Straus A, she headed up the Harvard Center for Enterprise, a program that fosters entrepreneurial interests among undergraduates.

    2005 June 9, Michael M. Grynbaum, “An Entryway That Eats Together Stays Together”, in The Harvard Crimson, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025

Origin

From block + -mate.

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APA

blockmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockmate

MLA

“blockmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockmate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blockmate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockmate.

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