Phrase Hound found 303 phrases and 161 compound words that contain block. The most common are listed below. Open block in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 303
- building blockA component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- stumbling blockA hindrance, obstacle or impediment; an opportunity for error.
- block diagramA pictorial representation of a system or process in which subsystems or other components are represented by geometric shapes joined by lines or arrows
- block and tackleA system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.
- block outto prevent from entering or penetrating.
- city blockThe smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
- Block IslandAn island in Block Island Sound, Rhode Island, United States, coextensive with the town of New Shoreham.
- engine blockThe metal structure (traditionally and usually a casting) that contains the cylinders of a piston engine.
- block letterA letter written in clear, unjoined handwriting.
- starting blockA peg or angled block of wood or metal pedal used by track and field athletes, mainly sprinters, for getting a quick start in a race.
- heart blockA disease in the electrical system of the heart, opposed to coronary artery disease, which is disease of the blood vessels of the heart.
- block bookA book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable type.
- block capitalA capital letter written by hand.
- tower blockA tall residential or office building.
- block grantA large sum of money granted by national government to a regional government (or by a university to a students' union, etc.) with only general provisions as to the way it is to be spent.
- Block size
- Block number
- block codeA type of error-correcting code that encodes messages divided into fixed-sized blocks to codewords with a specific length.
- code blockA block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language.
- block modelA scale model of a ship to be built, showing the vessel's water line.
- block postIn signalling, a signal box at one end of a block section.
- horse-blockA platform or steps used for getting on or off a horse or, in modern times, sometimes a vehicle.
- put on the blockTo sell something.
- block bookingThe reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; (countable) an instance of this.
- basic blockA sequence of contiguous instructions that contains no jumps or labels.
Compound words 161
- blockerAgent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
- blockbusterA high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
- blockadeThe physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- blockheadA stupid person.
- blockquotea lengthy quotation that is formatted so as to be set off from the main text on a webpage, as by italicization and indentation
- sunblockA sunscreen with a high sun protection factor (SPF).
- woodblockA woodcut.
- blockhouseA sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
- blocklistA list of websites or other material to be blocked.
- blocksizeThe size of a block of data (in a file or a transmission)