block

[US]/blɒk/
[UK]/blɑːk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a large solid piece of something
n. a section of a town or city surrounded by streets
n. something that prevents movement or progress
n. a large building for residential or commercial purposes
vt. to obstruct or impede
vt. to stop or prevent
vt. to limit or restrict
adj. occurring in large quantities or chunks
adj. relating to a situation where traffic cannot move

Phrases & Collocations

building block

block off

blockade

blockage

city block

starting block

blockbuster

block party

in block

block in

block up

fault block

block diagram

a block of

on the block

cylinder block

stumbling block

block copolymer

concrete block

slide block

one block

data block

hollow block

block out

sliding block

block structure

block cipher

Example Sentences

a block of marble.

a block of shares.

a block of flats.

a square block of flats.

The director will block this afternoon.

a solid block of wood.

to block the enemy's advance

a family block of ice cream.

the manual is chock-a-block with information.

an ineffectual effort to block the legislation.

a family block of raspberry ripple.

carve a block of stone into a statue

cleave a block of wood in two

a curtain blocking the stage.

block out a plan of action.

a block of seats in a theatre

Real-world Examples

They had to pull and shove every single block by hand.

Source: A Brief History of the World

And, um, aren't office blocks a bit 2019?

Source: Working at Google

And brick by brick, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, you built a better future.

Source: NPR News August 2015 Compilation

A block, " block, " is the area between two streets.

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

Some people call DNA the building blocks of life.

Source: Global Slow English

Go one block and take a left.

Source: Lai Shixiong Intermediate American English (Volume 1)

Are you aware that you're blocking my driveway?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

The entrance to the cave had been blocked up.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

Russia has denied that Moscow is blocking civilians from leaving.

Source: BBC Listening Collection March 2022

Then...yeah, that's it. I just kinda blocked.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

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