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block

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/blɒk/
SAMPA:/blQk/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophone:bloc

Noun

Singular
block

Plural
blocks

Many differentblocks of different sizes

(countable) Ablock is a hard piece ofmaterial, usually with sixsmooth sides.
When I was young, I liked building things with woodenblocks.
(countable) A cityblock is the distance from one road to the next.
We have to walk about threeblocks to the restaurant.
(countable) In computers, ablock is arestriction that prevents access to something.
I could not start a page on Wikipedia because of ablock.

Verb

Plain form
block

Third-person singular
blocks

Past tense
blocked

Past participle
blocked

Present participle
blocking

(transitive) If $X {\displaystyle X}$ isblocking $Y {\displaystyle Y}$ , then $Y {\displaystyle Y}$ can't go past $X {\displaystyle X}$ .
The water in the bath won't go down. There's somethingblocking the drain.
The road wasblocked by police.
Excuse me! You'reblocking my view. I can't see.

Related words

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