Synonyms:
block
Meaning: a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
Synonyms:
block, city_block
Meaning: a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block"
Synonyms:
block, cube
Meaning: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
Synonyms:
block
Meaning: a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"
Synonyms:
block
Meaning: housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
barricade, block, blockade, stop, block_off, block_up, bar
Meaning: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
Synonyms:
obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
Meaning: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
Synonyms:
stop, halt, block, kibosh
Meaning: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
Synonyms:
jam, block
Meaning: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
Usage examples
It was as cold as a block of marble.
The horse stood like a block of marble.
These are the only clean windows in the block."
"I fell over the carriage block," she explained.
Everyone in the block turned out to see what had happened.
Get off at 44th Street, and walk one block south to the Biltmore.
It is that good-for-nothing young Cooper fellow from the next block.
Surely they could do something to block the way of the pursuing engine.
And Joe, picking up one more block, desperately tossed it out of the car.
Block and pencil, as the reason of his presence there at all, no longer existed....