stopblock

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noun

An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.

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Meanings

nounstopblock (plural stopblocks)

plural stopblocks

  1. USespeciallyrail transportAn obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.

    [...] we were losing speed for the descent into King's Cross Platform 8, where a large crowd had gathered. For the last time, an HST braked gently and smoothly to a stand at the stopblock, and it was all over.

    2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST's East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, page 34

Origin

From stop + block.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

postblock
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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