Block

Definition:

(v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.
(v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
(v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
(v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.
(v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.
(v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
(v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.
(v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
(v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
(v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
(v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.
(v. t.) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
(v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
(n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
(n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.
(n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.

Compare block with other words:

block vs. brock

block vs. chock

block vs. slock

block vs. close

bleck vs. block

block vs. concentration

block vs. script

belock vs. block

block vs. flock

block vs. clock

block vs. obscure

block vs. obscured

block vs. pattern

block vs. corner

block vs. suppress

block vs. shield

block vs. parry

block vs. deflect

block vs. cover

block vs. complex

block vs. trawlwarp

block vs. unreeve

block vs. knockstone

block vs. breechblock

block vs. oppilate

block vs. fipple

block vs. chalazion

block vs. content

block vs. obstacle

block vs. quarter

block vs. street

block vs. freedom

block vs. prism

block vs. restrict

block vs. mobile

block vs. building

block vs. dreadful

block vs. blockade

block vs. strand

block vs. release

block vs. piece

block vs. order

anchor vs. block

block vs. command

block vs. hoist

apply vs. block

block vs. feline

block vs. terrible

block vs. stock

block vs. impede

block vs. disengagement

block vs. spray

block vs. perpend

block vs. blockish

block vs. pitching

block vs. claves

block vs. phototype

block vs. blocking

block vs. stumble

block vs. classification

block vs. disastrous

block vs. enslaved

block vs. liberty

block vs. catstail

block vs. planar

block vs. power

affix vs. block

block vs. blocked

block vs. occlude

barricade vs. block

block vs. encumber

block vs. sector

block vs. chockablock

block vs. partition

block vs. quoin

block vs. controller

block vs. woodcut

backup vs. block

block vs. yardarm

block vs. holystone

blindfold vs. block

block vs. chunk

block vs. obstruct

block vs. screen

block vs. pillow

block vs. spike

block vs. shell

block vs. hinder

block vs. dolly

block vs. brace

block vs. strop

block vs. steeve

block vs. lateral

block vs. prime

block vs. ingot

block vs. shade

block vs. chase

block vs. mould

block vs. stretch

block vs. telephone

block vs. stuff

block vs. stamp

block vs. hitter

block vs. ground

block vs. momentum

block vs. vertically

block vs. blockage

block vs. passing

block vs. prevent

block vs. feature

block vs. sailing

block vs. rigging

block vs. pulley

block vs. sheave

block vs. function

block vs. cluster

block vs. human

block vs. cuboid

block vs. scotch

block vs. marry

block vs. guard

block vs. brick

block vs. shadow

block vs. silence

block vs. plinth

block vs. igloo

attack vs. block

block vs. freeze

block vs. graft

block vs. chair

block vs. catling

block vs. thwart

block vs. octothorpe

block vs. copycat

block vs. catgut

block vs. cathead

block vs. demonstration

accloy vs. block