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block
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- pronunciation:
- blak
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a solid piece of hard material, such as wood or concrete, with flat sides.
The mason built a wall out of stone blocks.
- similar words:
- bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube
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| definition 2: |
a small cube or other three-dimensional shape made out of wood or plastic and used as a child's building toy.
- similar words:
- cube
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| definition 3: |
an area in a city or town surrounded by four connecting streets. The distance of one of the sides is also called a block.
Let's take a walk around the block.He lives only one block from the store.- similar words:
- neighborhood, square
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| definition 4: |
the case that holds a pulley.
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| definition 5: |
a group of people or things considered as a single unit.
They saved us a block of seats for the basketball game.- synonyms:
- group
- similar words:
- alliance, battery, league
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| definition 6: |
something that slows down or obstructs.
The stalled car is a block to traffic.- synonyms:
- hindrance, obstacle, obstruction
- similar words:
- bar, barrier, blockade, clog, hurdle, jam, stop
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| definition 7: |
the use of the body to stop the movement of another player in football and other sports.
That block of his opponent helped to win the game.
- similar words:
- interference, obstruction
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| related words: |
barricade, eclipse, mass, obstacle, wedge |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
blocks, blocking, blocked |
| definition 1: |
to get in the way of movement or stop progress.
The Senator tried to block discussion of the bill.- synonyms:
- hinder, obstruct, stop
- antonyms:
- bolster
- similar words:
- arrest, bar, clog, frustrate, jam, oppose
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| definition 2: |
to close off or obstruct by putting something in the way.
The stalled truck blocked the road.- synonyms:
- clog, jam, obstruct
- similar words:
- choke, close, hinder, interfere, stop, wall
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| related words: |
balk, barricade, blockade, cross, dam, eclipse, hamper, hide, obscure, plug, prohibit, stall, ward, withhold |
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