What is block?
What is block?
- Something that obstructs; an obstacle.
- A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
- Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
- Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher's block.
- Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.
- One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy.
- Printing A large amount of text.
- Sports A starting block.
- A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction: Many priceless antiques went on the block.
- A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed: a hat block.
- A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving.
- A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing.
- An engine block.
- A bloc.
- A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit.
- A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.
- Canadian A group of townships in an unsurveyed area.
- A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets.
- A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants.
- A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.
- A length of railroad track controlled by signals.
- The act of obstructing.
- Sports An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball.
- Football Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.
- Medicine Interruption or obstruction of a physiological function: nerve block.