block

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at. See also,.

Noun

 * 1) A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
 * a block of ice, a block of stone
 * 1) A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
 * Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
 * 1) A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
 * 2) A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
 * 3)  A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
 * 4) A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
 * 5) A section of split logs used as fuel.
 * 6) A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
 * a block of 100 tickets
 * 1)  The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
 * 2)  In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
 * 3) A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
 * a block of text, a block of colour, a block of land
 * 1)  A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
 * 2)  A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
 * 3) A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
 * a block of data, a block of seven days, a block reservation
 * 1)  A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
 * 2)  A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
 * 3)  A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
 * 4)  A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
 * 5)  A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
 * 6)  A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
 * 7) A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
 * I'm going for a walk around the block.
 * 1) The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
 * The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.
 * 1) A roughly cuboid building.
 * a block of flats, a tower block, an office block, a toilet block, a shower block
 * 1) A cellblock.
 * 2) Something that prevents something from passing.
 * There's a block in the pipe that means the water can't get through.
 * 1) Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
 * a mental block
 * writer's block
 * 1)  An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
 * 2)  A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
 * 3)  The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
 * 4)  A blockhole.
 * 5)  The popping crease.
 * 6)  A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
 * 7) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
 * 8)  The human head.
 * I'll knock your block off!
 * 1)  Solitary confinement.
 * 2)  A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.
 * 1) A cellblock.
 * 2) Something that prevents something from passing.
 * There's a block in the pipe that means the water can't get through.
 * 1) Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
 * a mental block
 * writer's block
 * 1)  An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
 * 2)  A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
 * 3)  The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
 * 4)  A blockhole.
 * 5)  The popping crease.
 * 6)  A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
 * 7) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
 * 8)  The human head.
 * I'll knock your block off!
 * 1)  Solitary confinement.
 * 2)  A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.
 * 1) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
 * 2)  The human head.
 * I'll knock your block off!
 * 1)  Solitary confinement.
 * 2)  A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.
 * 1)  Solitary confinement.
 * 2)  A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:head

Derived terms

 * cuboid
 * group of buildings
 * computing
 * distance
 * cutting base
 * preventing passage
 * writer’s block
 * rigging
 * human head
 * volleyball
 * miscellaneous
 * computing
 * distance
 * cutting base
 * preventing passage
 * writer’s block
 * rigging
 * human head
 * volleyball
 * miscellaneous
 * preventing passage
 * writer’s block
 * rigging
 * human head
 * volleyball
 * miscellaneous
 * rigging
 * human head
 * volleyball
 * miscellaneous
 * rigging
 * human head
 * volleyball
 * miscellaneous
 * volleyball
 * miscellaneous
 * volleyball
 * miscellaneous
 * miscellaneous
 * miscellaneous
 * miscellaneous
 * miscellaneous

Translations

 * Arabic: طَابُوقَة
 * Belarusian: блок
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: bloko
 * Finnish:, , ;
 * French:
 * Galician: bloque
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 블록
 * Maori: tūporo, poro
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: كوتوك
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Klotz
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceap, sgonn
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: blok
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: bờ lốc


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; leikkauspölkky ; mestauspölkky
 * French:
 * Galician: bloque
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐλεός
 * Hungarian:,  ,  ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ;
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgonn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:, bozzello
 * Maori: poraka
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: цепеница
 * Finnish: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Maori: tāngutu
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: poleno, polienko


 * Bulgarian: блокче, скицник
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:,  ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Slovak: blok
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: bloko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Datenblock
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: blok
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: bloko
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: blok
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Slovak: blok


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: блок
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: suojaväli
 * Portuguese:


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: кварта́л
 * Bulgarian:, каре
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: pâté (de maisons)
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄμφοδον
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: квартал маале
 * Sorani:
 * Maori: poraka
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kvartal
 * Nynorsk: kvartal
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: blok
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ช่วงตึก
 * Turkish:, kadastro adası
 * Ukrainian: кварта́л


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: karré, karre
 * Dutch: ,
 * Faroese: húsaleingja, húsablokkur, húsasamstøða
 * Finnish:, korttelinväli
 * French:, pâté de maison
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: blok
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ช่วงตึก


 * Bulgarian:
 * Estonian: korruselamu, korrusmaja
 * Finnish: asuinkerrostalo
 * French:
 * Galician: bloque
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic: blokk
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:, bloczydło
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak: bytovka
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, zaprjeka,
 * Slovak: prekážka
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: blokkaus,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: näpäys


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hebrew: חסימה
 * Indonesian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Japanese:, , , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
 * 2)  To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
 * 3)  To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
 * 4)  To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
 * 5)  To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
 * 6)  To hit with a block.
 * 7)  To play a block shot.
 * 8)  To bar (a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
 * 9)  To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
 * 10)  To wait for some condition to become true.
 * 11)  To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
 * 12)  To shape or sketch out roughly.
 * 13)  To experience mental block or creative block.
 * 14)  To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.
 * 1)  To hit with a block.
 * 2)  To play a block shot.
 * 3)  To bar (a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
 * 4)  To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
 * 5)  To wait for some condition to become true.
 * 6)  To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
 * 7)  To shape or sketch out roughly.
 * 8)  To experience mental block or creative block.
 * 9)  To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.
 * 1)  To wait for some condition to become true.
 * 2)  To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
 * 3)  To shape or sketch out roughly.
 * 4)  To experience mental block or creative block.
 * 5)  To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.
 * 1)  To shape or sketch out roughly.
 * 2)  To experience mental block or creative block.
 * 3)  To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.
 * 1)  To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.
 * 1)  To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: سد
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, atascar
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φράσσω
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: obstruō
 * Maori: tairi, puni, ārai, kati, pākati, tāiha
 * Polish:, zablokowywać,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: zablokovať, upchať
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 阻住
 * Danish: spærre,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , obstruír
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: coisc
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: claudō,
 * Latvian: bloķēt
 * Manchu: ᡴᠠᠮᠪᡳ
 * Maori: ārai, tāiha
 * Norman: blotchi
 * Polish:, zablokowywać,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: blokovať, zablokovať, upchať, zastaviť
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 阻住
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: coisc
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latvian: bloķēt
 * Polish:, zablokowywać,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: blokovať, zablokovať, zastaviť, zabrániť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, заблоко́вувати, заблокува́ти


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 阻住
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: bloķēt
 * Maori: taupare, whakapuni, aukati, ārai
 * Polish:, zablokowywać,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Finnish: asemoida


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დაბლოკავს
 * Hebrew: סינן,
 * Slovak: blokovať, zablokovať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Slovak: čakať, blokovať


 * Finnish:


 * Vietnamese: ,

Etymology
From. of.

Verb

 * 1)  to  (someone)

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * , log, cake

Etymology
..

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * a, a boulder, a cuboid (of ice, wood, rock)
 * 1) a block, a pad, a notebook
 * 2) a block, a pulley
 * 3) a block, a piece of data storage
 * 4) a bloc (of voters or countries)