block-bloc: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is bloc?

  • Something that obstructs; an obstacle.
    Una cosa que obstrueix; un obstacle.
  • A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
    Una peça sòlida d'una substància dura, com fusta, tenir una o més cares planes.
  • Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
    Aquesta peça s'utilitza com a membre de la construcció o com a suport.
  • Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher's block.
    Una peça sobre la qual es fa la picada o el tall: un bloc de carnisseria.
  • Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.
    Una peça sobre la qual les persones són decapitades.
  • One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy.
    Un d'un conjunt de petites peces de fusta o plàstic, com un cub, una barra o un cilindre, que s'utilitza com a joguina de construcció.
  • Printing A large amount of text.
    Impressió Una gran quantitat de text.
  • Sports A starting block.
    Esports Un bloc de partida.
  • A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction: Many priceless antiques went on the block.
    Un estand des del qual es mostren articles i es venen en una subhasta: Moltes antiguitats inestimables van anar al bloc.
  • A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed: a hat block.
    Un motlle o forma sobre la qual es forma o es mostra un element: un bloc de barret.
  • A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving.
    Una substància, com la fusta o la pedra, que s'ha preparat per gravar.
  • A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing.
    Una politja o un sistema de politges fixades en una carcassa.
  • An engine block.
    Un bloc motor.
  • A bloc.
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  • A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit.
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  • A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.
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  • Canadian A group of townships in an unsurveyed area.
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  • A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets.
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  • A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants.
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  • A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.
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  • A length of railroad track controlled by signals.
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  • The act of obstructing.
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  • Sports An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball.
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  • Football Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.
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  • Medicine Interruption or obstruction of a physiological function: nerve block.
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