block: significado e definições

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.