Block

Noun

 * 1) A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
 * 2) A cuboid of wood, plastic or other material used as a base on which to cut something.
 * Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
 * 1) A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets
 * I'm going for a walk around the block.
 * 1) A residential building consisting of flats.
 * A block of flats.
 * 1) The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
 * The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.
 * 1)  The human head.
 * I'll knock your block off.
 * 1) A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
 * A block of 100 tickets.
 * 1)  A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
 * 2)  A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
 * 3)  A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.
 * 4)  A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
 * 5) Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
 * There's a block in the pipe that means the water can't get through.
 * 1)  An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
 * 2)  A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
 * 3)  A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
 * 4)  A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
 * 5) A section of split logs used as fuel.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:head

Related terms

 * bloc

Derived terms

 * cuboid
 * block capitals
 * building block
 * cinder block
 * clinker block
 * group of buildings
 * apartment block
 * around the block
 * blockbuster
 * block of flats
 * block party
 * computing
 * block dump
 * distance
 * city block


 * cutting base
 * chopping block
 * block vote
 * prevent passage
 * breeze block
 * breeze-block
 * mental block
 * writer’s block
 * from the block
 * stage blocking
 * rigging
 * block and tackle
 * two-blocked
 * human head
 * knock someone's block off


 * volleyball
 * block assist
 * blocking error
 * solo block
 * miscellaneous
 * blockhead
 * do one's block
 * nonblock
 * nonblocked
 * nonblocking

Synonyms

 * stuff, roof, wall

Verb

 * 1)  To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
 * The pipe is blocked.
 * 1)  To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
 * You're blocking the road - I can't get through.
 * 1)  To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
 * His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss.
 * 1)  To impede an opponent.
 * He blocked the basketball player's shot.
 * The offensive linemen tried to block the blitz.
 * 1)  To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
 * It was very difficult to block this scene convincingly.
 * 1)  To hit with a block.
 * 2)  To play a block shot.
 * 3)  To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
 * ''I tried to message, but you blocked me!
 * 1)   To wait.
 * When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable.
 * 1)  to shape or mould [a hat] into the desired shape.

Related terms

 * block in
 * block off
 * block out
 * block up


 * blockage
 * blocking
 * reblock