counterblock

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noun

A block set up in opposition to another block.

Scrabble 22
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Meanings

nouncounterblock (plural counterblocks)

plural counterblocks

  1. A block set up in opposition to another block.
verbcounterblock (third-person singular simple present counterblocks, present participle counterblocking, simple past and past participle counterblocked)

present singular third person counterblocks · participle present counterblocking · participle past counterblocked · past counterblocked

  1. transitiveTo block in opposition to another block.

    to counterblock the British blockade

    1953, John Morris Jones, The World Book Encyclopedia, page 2976

Origin

From counter- + block.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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