block

n.

interruption

obstacle

1) (Am. football) to throw a block at smb.

2) a mental block (when it comes to word games, I have a mental block)

3) (med.) a heart; nerve; saddle block

4) a stumbling block

street

city square

(AE)

5) a city block (the building occupies an entire city block)

6) around the block; in, on a block (they went around the block; they live in this block)

apartment house

(BE)

7) a council block

8) a tower block ('a high-rise apartment')

9) (misc.) a block of flats

platform

10) a butcher's; chopping; headsman's block

auctioneer's platform

11) the auction block

12) on the block ('being auctioned')

group

bloc

13) a trade block

rectangular unit used in construction

14) a building; cinder; concrete block

support

brace

15) a starting block (for a runner)

section of text

(computers)

16) to copy; delete; end; move a block

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chopping

cinder

concrete block

delete

end

headsman's block

in

move a block

nerve

saddle block

on a block (they went around the block; they live in this block)

(med.) a heart

(misc.) a block of flats

['apartment house'] (BE) a council block

['auctioneer's platform'] the auction block

['group'] ['bloc'] a trade block

['interruption'] ['obstacle'] (Am. football) to throw a block at smb.

['platform'] a butcher's

['rectangular unit used in construction'] a building

['section of text'] (computers) to copy

a stumbling block

around the block

a tower block ('a high-rise apartment')

on the block ('being auctioned')

['support'] ['brace'] a starting block (for a runner)

['street'] ['city square'] (AE) a city block (the building occupies an entire city block)

a mental block (when it comes to word games, I have a mental block)