Block

Quick meaning: Block is a noun meaning A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

Meaning

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

More Meanings

1. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
2. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
3. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
4. A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
5. Something that prevents something from passing.
6. (UK) Solitary confinement.
7. (slang) The human head.

Example Sentences

a block of ice; a block of stone

I’m going for a walk around the block.

She picked up the block and examined it.

a block of text; a block of colour; a block of land

Word Forms

• blocks
• blocke
• blocking
• blocked

Synonyms for block

Depending on context, synonyms include barrier, blockage, obstruction, bean, beaner, belfry.

Antonyms for block

Common opposites include free, recall, release, think, retrieve, remember.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bar, stuff, pulley, barricade, lug, freeze.

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