block en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.
Meanings
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A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
a block of ice; a block of stone
She picked up the block and examined it.
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A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
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A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade’s bill; using, however, my comrade’s money.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
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A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- (dated) A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ 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.
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A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ A section of split logs used as fuel.
Dawn and Shorty would cut this tree into blocks, while Randy and Matt went back for more. Dawn and Shorty made a good team on the crosscut, so when another log arrived, the first was almost completely made into shake wood.
2012, Ron Herrett, Shorty's Story:"Aye," said the farmer putting another block on the fire as he spoke […]
1803, Mary Tighe, Selena:She said, 'I hope I shall not be left to kill myself, but It would be no more sin to kill me, than to put a block on the fire.'
1833, The Gospel Anchor, volume 2, page 371:
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A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
a block of 100 tickets
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
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A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. ▸ In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
But there are many queen bee configurations in which the debris is neutralized, including placement of a block or eater near the bee's turnaround point, or placing two queen bees in a line or at right angles in various positions and phases.
1989 October 31, Scott Huddleston, “life: glider guns”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):Blocks have a couple of unusual properties: they are cleanly destroyed by an incoming glider on any one of six adjacent paths, and none of the possible collisions include any output gliders, so you can't get chain reactions.
2005 February 23, Dave Greene, “exist glider gun able of reconstruction in Life?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):Perhaps the simplest puffer known is the following period 20 puffer based on the period 20 spaceship, which creates blocks.
1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 5/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
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A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
a block of text; a block of colour; a block of land
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular. ▸ A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular. ▸ A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
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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
The great game of golf offered an antidote to the inevitable dead space — blocks of difficult-to-use hours, pre- and postflight — that are one of business travel’s biggest drags.
2007 September 4, John Berg, “Time on the Greens Beats Time at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2021:
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A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. ▸ A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes. In addition, the size of each block bounty would halve every 210,000 blocks—first from 50 bitcoins to 25, then from 25 to 12.5, and so on. Around the year 2140, the currency would reach its preordained limit of 21 million bitcoins.
2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025:After one disk is mapped, the next block starts at address 0 on the next disk.
2003, Dilip M. Ranade, Shared Data Clusters, page 79:
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A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. ▸ A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable.
2006, Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional, page 49:
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. ▸ A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. ▸ A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. ▸ A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
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A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. ▸ 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).
The "Specials" block comprises the sixteen codepoints from U+FFF0 through U+FFFF.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit. ▸ A yeargroup at Eton College.
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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.
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A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets. ▸ The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
A county courthouse and a municipal building, located approximately a city block north of the district, were automatically excluded because they were separated from the main CBD by several blocks that did not reach either of the required index values.
2017, Raymond E. Murphy, The Central Business District, page 37:The Witness: Well, I have one that is 8/10 of a mile away; I have one that is just about another 8/10 of a mile away; I have one that is three blocks away; I have one that is four blocks away; I have one that is eight blocks away, and I have one that is about 14 blocks away.
1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 423:This uphill trail is like a battlefield. Anne offers to carry the older woman's backpack. […] I couldn't walk three blocks with the Danish woman's bulging backpack.
2009, Hape Kerkeling, I'm Off Then, page 241:The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.
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A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:a block of flats; a tower block; an office block; a toilet block; a shower block
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building. ▸ A cellblock.
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Something that prevents something from passing.
There’s a block in the pipe that means the water can’t get through.
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Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
a mental block
I work with writers/artists/others using artistic skills as a tool to explore blocks and free creative energy.
1977 April 1, “COUNSELING (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:writer’s block
- Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
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Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
The match proved an unedifying spectacle until Spurs won a corner following their first move of real quality, John Mensah making an important block with Jermain Defoe poised to strike.
2011 February 12, Oliver Brett, “Sunderland 1–2 Tottenham”, in BBC:
- Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). ▸ A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). ▸ The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). ▸ A blockhole.
- Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). ▸ The popping crease.
- Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). ▸ A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
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Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck). ▸ The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
While it might seem like she should bend her elbows in order to spring up — the way you bend your knees in order to jump — a good block actually requires the gymnast to keep her arms straight and use her shoulder strength to launch into the air.
2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024:
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(qualifier:social media) Something that prevents something from passing. ▸ 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.
I’ve put a block on calls from that number.
The Wiktionary page-blanking vandal was hit with an indefinite block.
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(slang) The human head.
I’ll knock your block off!
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
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(obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.
What a block art thou!
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| blocke | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
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(unsorted) · chockablock (unsorted) · pentablock (unsorted) · twin block appliance (unsorted) · buddy block (unsorted) · gawkers' block (unsorted) · backblock (unsorted) · Jo block (unsorted) · blocktime (unsorted) · block signal (unsorted) · Puretic power block (unsorted) · g-block · breechblock (unsorted) · gin block (unsorted) · block capital (unsorted) · 1-2-3 block (unsorted) · block-like (unsorted) · auto-block (unsorted) · commie block (unsorted) · block design (unsorted) · block model (unsorted) · blockboard (unsorted) · top-block (unsorted) · haploblock (unsorted) · plummer block (unsorted) · block coefficient · textblock (unsorted) · scope block (unsorted) · small block (unsorted) · chocolate block (unsorted) · monkey block (unsorted) · block of flats · code block (unsorted) · nuclear block (unsorted) · chump-block (unsorted) · mounting block (unsorted) · macroblock (unsorted) · wig block · sunblock (unsorted) · joss-block (unsorted) · pillar block (unsorted) · jewel block (unsorted) · heart block (unsorted) · Jordan block (unsorted) · flatblock (unsorted) · block cipher (unsorted) · block-long (unsorted) · block diagram (unsorted) · long block (unsorted) · blockwork (unsorted) · punch block (unsorted) · Blockhead (unsorted) · stereoblock (unsorted) · thick-and-thin block (unsorted) · blocklaying (unsorted) · blocker (unsorted) · extension block (unsorted) · clump block (unsorted) · chip off the old block (unsorted) · clinker block · plate block (unsorted) · blockheaded (unsorted) · low block (unsorted) · new kid on the block (unsorted) · cryoblock (unsorted) · f-block · block flute (unsorted) · ink-block (unsorted) · scriber block (unsorted) · wood block (unsorted) · toy block (unsorted) · Belgian block (unsorted) · basic block (unsorted) · block system · building block · plumber block (unsorted) · alphabet block (unsorted) · roadblock · put on the block (unsorted) · chock-a-block (unsorted) · knock someone's block off · block-booking (unsorted) · block scope (unsorted) · block trade (unsorted) · computing · block heater (unsorted) · water block (unsorted) · cat-block (unsorted) · quartering block (unsorted) · cinderblock (unsorted) · rangeblock (unsorted) · blockscape (unsorted) · blockish (unsorted) · spamblock (unsorted) · cautionary block (unsorted) · block polymer (unsorted) · swage block (unsorted) · barrister's block (unsorted) · cuboid · blockquote (unsorted) · 2-4-6 block (unsorted) · wrest block (unsorted) · chip of the same block (unsorted) · office block · extended basic block (unsorted) · block train · deblock (unsorted) · on the block (unsorted) · rolling block (unsorted) · blockhouse (unsorted) · block-oriented terminal (unsorted) · freezer block (unsorted) · block-book · block captain (unsorted) · s-block · ablution block (unsorted) · houseblock (unsorted) · cell block (unsorted) · brake block · butcher's block (unsorted) · blockstone (unsorted) · volcanic block (unsorted) · writer’s block · apartment block · Roblox (unsorted) · block assist · megablock (unsorted) · hard-block (unsorted) · rack block (unsorted) · toilet block (unsorted) · woodblock (unsorted) · gauge block (unsorted) · stumblingblock (unsorted) · geo-block (unsorted) · snot block (unsorted) · block printing (unsorted) · chump block (unsorted) · block book (unsorted) · shoulder block (unsorted) · off one's block (unsorted) · block macromolecule (unsorted) · p-block · cutting block (unsorted) · subblock (unsorted) · fiddle block (unsorted) · docblock (unsorted) · seroblock (unsorted) · braille block (unsorted) · interblock (unsorted) · scribing block (unsorted) · hat block · tokenless block · block upconverter (unsorted) · blockwise (unsorted) · block time (unsorted) · block copolymer (unsorted) · blocky (unsorted) · sigblock (unsorted) · block wall (unsorted) · blockmate (unsorted) · block coal (unsorted) · block of chocolate (unsorted) · miscellaneous · diblock (unsorted) · block-head (unsorted) · headblock (unsorted) · engine block (unsorted) · blockbusting (unsorted) · two-block (unsorted) · hollow block (unsorted) · block length (unsorted) · blockmaker (unsorted) · knife block (unsorted) · blockade (unsorted) · blockworthy (unsorted) · city block · blockchain (unsorted) · barber's block (unsorted) · block grant (unsorted) · art block (unsorted) · block chain (unsorted) · volleyball · pillow block (unsorted) · block level element (unsorted) · mental block · block ornament (unsorted) · shoe block (unsorted) · block party · block booking (unsorted) · block printer (unsorted) · stage blocking · swinging-block (unsorted) · triblock (unsorted) · setup block (unsorted) · the block · tail block (unsorted) · moon block (unsorted) · blocklong (unsorted) · tenji block (unsorted) · wrest-block (unsorted) · human head · netblock (unsorted) · Christmas block (unsorted) · microblock (unsorted) · block dump · cock block (unsorted) · blocko (unsorted) · block teaching (unsorted) · block and tackle · stumbling-block (unsorted) · chopping block · logical block address (unsorted) · blockee (unsorted) · tower block (unsorted) · running block (unsorted) · stumbling block · bur block (unsorted) · tint block (unsorted) · stopblock · quarter block (unsorted) · do one's block · block universe (unsorted) · around the block · nonblock · blockfront (unsorted) · bundle branch block (unsorted) · tackle block (unsorted) · foreblock · pushblock (unsorted) · pulley block · two-blocked · group of buildings · permablock (unsorted) · block capitals · block section · sister block (unsorted) · block letter (unsorted) · blockship (unsorted) · blocktimer (unsorted) · ecology block (unsorted) · lifestyle block (unsorted) · blockbuster · autoblock (unsorted) · d-block · big block (unsorted) · boot block · cinder block · block-scoped (unsorted) · punch-down block (unsorted) · blockable (unsorted) · block vote · fire block (unsorted) · blocklayer (unsorted) · pseudoblock (unsorted) · cockblock (unsorted) · jawblock (unsorted) · machinist block (unsorted) · put a block on (unsorted) · logical block addressing (unsorted) · Yule block (unsorted) · block tackle (unsorted) · Johannison block (unsorted) · block holder (unsorted) · city block distance (unsorted) · chip off the same block (unsorted) · block post · dead block (unsorted) · chock-a-block full (unsorted) · bootblock · chip of the old block (unsorted) · block instrument · superblock (unsorted) · Belgium block (unsorted) · blocking error · iceblock (unsorted) · antiblock (unsorted) · distance · span block (unsorted) · block code (unsorted) · Johansson block (unsorted) · blockface (unsorted) · breeze block · blocksize (unsorted) · blockmaking (unsorted) · temple block (unsorted) · pounding block (unsorted) · starting block (unsorted) · blocktiming (unsorted) · short block (unsorted) · block device (unsorted) · blockhead · block graph (unsorted) · jossing-block (unsorted) · transaction block (unsorted) · nanoblock (unsorted) · block head (unsorted) · cutting base · gapers' block (unsorted) · two-block haircut (unsorted) · block vomit (unsorted)
Descendants
блок · poraka · bloc · blokk · Block · ブロック · block · block · block · blok · lốc
Relateds
Synonyms
stuff · barrier · stuff · blockage · obstruction · nuclear block · blockage · barrier · roof · loaf · belfry · obstruction · obstruction · barrier · obstruction · roof · roof · blockage · roof · wall · blockage · blockage · bean · stuff · barrier · noodle · wall · noggin · beaner · obstruction · obstruction · blockage · brainbox · blockage · head · lolly · calabash · dome · stuff · city block · nut · sconce · skull · bonce · block · napper · roof · stuff · obstruction · barrier · wall · blockage · barrier · obstruction · brain bucket · barrier · wall · obstruction · barrier · barrier · roof · obstruction · blockage · barrier · barrier · roof · blockage · blockage · stuff · noddle · obstruction · stuff · wall · wall · wall · pulley block
Translations (317)
es block (set of paper sheets) · nb kvartal (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · sh zaprjeka (something that prevents passing) · nl blok (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · pt resma (set of paper sheets) · fr bloc (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fi pölkky (printing: piece of hardwood on which a plate is mounted) · fi neliö (philately: joined group of stamps, forming square) · bg блок (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · bg блок (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · gl bloque (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fi kortteli (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · gl bloque (residential building consisting of flats) · cs blok (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · cmn 障礙物 /障碍物 (something that prevents passing) · it cubo (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fa بلوک (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fi pölkky (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · bg кратуна (slang: human head) · nn kvartal (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · ca illa (distance from one street to another) · sh blok (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · pt bloco (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · it bozzello (part of a ship's rigging) · ja 塊 (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · da karré (distance from one street to another) · bg задръстване (something that prevents passing) · pl blok (volleyball: defensive play) · mi paraka (part of a ship's rigging) · ru блок (volleyball: defensive play) · es bloc (set of paper sheets) · nl blok (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · pl blok (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · de Teil (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · hu lakóház (residential building consisting of flats) · bg дръвник (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · de Klotz (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fi blokkaus (sports: action to interfere) · fi lohkare (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · et korrusmaja (residential building consisting of flats) · ca bloqueig (volleyball: defensive play) · es bloque (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · sv kloss (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · sh blok (set of paper sheets) · pl blok (computing: logical data storage unit) · sv hinder (something that prevents passing) · sv block (part of a ship's rigging) · fi saarto (something that prevents passing) · fr blocage (volleyball: defensive play) · ru башка́ (slang: human head) · es manzana (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · de Block (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · es bloque (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · mi poraka (part of a ship's rigging) · fi torjunta (volleyball: defensive play) · it blocco (residential building consisting of flats) · hu -tömb (set of paper sheets) · ru блок (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fr blocage (something that prevents passing) · be кварта́л (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · hi रोकना (sports: action to interfere) · cs blok (volleyball: defensive play) · bg пън (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · fi tukos (something that prevents passing) · it blocco (chemistry: portion of macromolecule) · ru блок (sports: action to interfere) · bg скицник (set of paper sheets) · th บล็อก (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · eo bloko (computing: logical data storage unit) · sv stopp (something that prevents passing) · fi sulku (something that prevents passing) · sv huggkubbe (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · hu sarok (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · pt quadra (distance from one street to another) · is kubbur (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · ru полено (section of split log used as fuel) · sk poleno (section of split log used as fuel) · it condominio (residential building consisting of flats) · ru кварта́л (distance from one street to another) · fi klapi (section of split log used as fuel) · eo bloko (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · bg тимберица (slang: human head) · pt bloco (computing: logical data storage unit) · ro bloc (residential building consisting of flats) · gd ceap (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · cmn 頭 /头 (slang: human head) · cmn 索具 (part of a ship's rigging) · fi hattutukki (mould on which headgear is shaped) · hu vérpad (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · fi järkäle (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · hu blokk (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · cmn 砧板 (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · it quartina (philately: joined group of stamps, forming square) · pt bloco (chemistry: portion of macromolecule) · km ប្លុក (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · ca illa (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · hu építőkocka (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fi leikkauspölkky (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · fo húsasamstøða (distance from one street to another) · cmn 簇 (computing: logical data storage unit) · th ช่วงตึก (distance from one street to another) · it blocco (something that prevents passing) · ru прегра́да (something that prevents passing) · fi estäminen (sports: action to interfere) · id balok (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · nl kop (slang: human head) · no blokk (distance from one street to another) · nl blok (distance from one street to another) · cs blok (distance from one street to another) · hu torlasz (something that prevents passing) · grc ἄμφοδον (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · my တုံး (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · ca cub (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · et korruselamu (residential building consisting of flats) · sv block (set of paper sheets) · fi asuinkerrostalo (residential building consisting of flats) · ko 블록 (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · ko 가구 (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · it isolato (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · sk blok (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · km ម្ដុំ (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · fi lohko (computing: logical data storage unit) · it blocco (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · fi lehtiö (set of paper sheets) · es cuadra (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · hu dugulás (something that prevents passing) · hu rönk (chopping block; 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cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · pl bloczydło (residential building consisting of flats) · fr tronche (slang: human head) · it blocchetto (set of paper sheets) · de Klotz (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · ru блок (philately: joined group of stamps, forming square) · sh klada (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · pl blok (philately: joined group of stamps, forming square) · pt quadra (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · cy bloc (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · ja ブロック (computing: logical data storage unit) · vi bờ lốc (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · de Block (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · fr pâté de maisons (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · kk блок (chemistry: portion of macromolecule) · ru блок (set of paper sheets) · pl blok (residential building consisting of flats) · hu elzáródás (something that prevents passing) · hu lakóépület (residential building consisting of flats) · fi pölkky (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · pt bloqueio (something that prevents passing) · fi pylpyrä (part of a ship's rigging) · fi näpäys (cricket: shot played by vertical bat) · fi lohko (cryptography: fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message) · de Block (set of paper sheets) · id blok (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · sk blok (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · id blok (volleyball: defensive play) · it blocco (set of paper sheets) · tr kadastro adası (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · sh glava (slang: human head) · hi अवरोध (something that prevents passing) · fi orsi (falconry: perch on which a bird of prey is kept) · ca bloc (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · ro bloc (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · hy թաղամաս (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · de Block (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · sh blok (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · fi suojaväli (section of a railroad where the block system is used) · is blokk (residential building consisting of flats) · sh blok (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · fi polla (slang: human head) · mi poraka (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · es manzana (distance from one street to another) · ga ceap (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · sk blok (cryptography: fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message) · gd sgonn (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · it ingorgo (something that prevents passing) · ru чурбак (section of split log used as fuel) · fr bloc (set of paper sheets) · uk блок (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · hu leszerelés (sports: action to interfere) · sv skalle (slang: human head) · ru чурба́н (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · pt quarteirão (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · sh blokada (something that prevents passing) · fi ploki (part of a ship's rigging) · bg блокада (sports: action to interfere) · de Häuserblock (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · de Datenblock (computing: logical data storage unit) · eo bloko (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · pl blok (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · cmn 排球 (volleyball: defensive play) · fi lohko (chemistry: portion of macromolecule) · th ช่วงตึก (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · ru болванка (mould on which headgear is shaped) · es cuadra (distance from one street to another) · de Verstopfung (something that prevents passing) · tr ada (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · ko 구역 (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · ru блок (computing: logical data storage unit) · hu tuskó (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · sk blok (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · es bloque (computing: logical data storage unit) · de Block (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · fi kortteli (distance from one street to another) · sh risanka (set of paper sheets) · cmn 塊體 /块体 (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · nl verstopping (something that prevents passing) · ga bloc (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · fi ploki (volleyball: defensive play) · pt cantão (section of a railroad where the block system is used) · sk prekážka (something that prevents passing) · bg пресечка (distance from one street to another) · bg блокче (set of paper sheets) · da karre (distance from one street to another) · hu füzet (set of paper sheets) · fi korttelinväli (distance from one street to another) · it blocco (computing: logical data storage unit) · ar طَابُوقَة (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · hu tömb (computing: logical data storage unit) · cmn 一批 (set of paper sheets) · pt bloco (residential building consisting of flats) · fi halko (section of split log used as fuel) · de Abschnitt (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · fo húsablokkur (distance from one street to another) · pdt Klotz (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · es bloqueta (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · sk blok (computing: logical data storage unit) · sk blok (set of paper sheets) · sv blockering (something that prevents passing) · bg каре (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · no kloss (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · sh blok (distance from one street to another) · fi mestauspölkky (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · fo húsaleingja (distance from one street to another) · sv block (programming: region of code that acts as single unit) · hu tőke (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · es bloque (chemistry: portion of macromolecule) · sv kvarter (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · sh četvrt (distance from one street to another) · pt bloqueio (volleyball: defensive play) · sh notes (set of paper sheets) · hu tömb (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · grc ἐλεός (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · sh zapreka (something that prevents passing) · it ceppo (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · fr billot (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · el μπλοκ (set of paper sheets) · fi este (something that prevents passing) · ca bloqueig (sports: action to interfere) · bg блок (volleyball: defensive play) · bg пречка (something that prevents passing) · sv knopp (slang: human head) · fr immeuble (residential building consisting of flats) · he חסימה (volleyball: defensive play) · nl straat (distance from one street to another) · fr rue (distance from one street to another) · bg цепеница (section of split log used as fuel) · bg квартал (group of buildings demarcated by streets) · ms papan (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) · fr ciboulot (slang: human head) · sv block (computing: logical data storage unit) · it verricello (part of a ship's rigging) · hu sarok (distance from one street to another) · sv kvarter (distance from one street to another) · hu csomag (set of paper sheets) · fi kimpale (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) · he מחסום (something that prevents passing) · hu ház (residential building consisting of flats) · ru блок (programming: region of code that acts as single unit)