Block
Definition of Block
Pronunciation: blǒk n. | 1. | | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. | | 3. | The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not. | | 6. | 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. | | 7. | (Falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. | | 8. | Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; - also called blockage; as, a block in the way; a block in an artery; a block in a nerve; a block in a biochemical pathway. | | 9. | A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work. | | 10. | (Print.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high. | | 11. | A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt. | | 12. | A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below. | | 13. | In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors. | | 14. | (Cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket. | | 15. | a number of individual items sold as a unit; as, a block of airline ticketes; a block of hotel rooms; a block of stock. | | 16. | the length of one side of a city block{5}, traversed along any side; as, to walk three blocks ahead and turn left at the corner. | | 17. | a halt in a mental process, especially one due to stress, memory lapse, confusion, etc.; as, a writer's block; to have a block in remembering a name. | | 18. | (computers) a quantity of binary-encoded information transferred, or stored, as a unit to, from, or on a data storage device; as, to divide a disk into 512-byte blocks. | | 19. | (computers) a number of locations in a random-access memory allocated to storage of specific data; as, to allocate a block of 1024 bytes for the stack. | v. t. | 1. | 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; to block an entrance. With moles . . . would block the port. - Rowe. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat. | | 4. | to cause (any activity) to halt by creating an obstruction; as, to block a nerve impulse; to block a biochemical reaction with a drug. |
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