Child’s building toy

noun

1. The piece of wood on which the neck of a person condemned to be beheaded is laid for execution

   "put her neck on the block"

2. A mold or form on which articles are shaped or displayed

   "a wooden hat block"

3. A hollow rectangular building unit usually of artificial material

   "a wall of concrete blocks"

4. A lightweight usually cubical and solid wooden or plastic building toy that is usually provided in sets

   "children playing with blocks"

5. The casting that contains the cylinders of an internal combustion engine

   "engine block"

6. Starting block

   "the first swimmer off the blocks"

7. Obstacle

   "putting a block on any future development"

8. An obstruction of an opponent's play
9. Interruption or cessation especially of train of thought by competing thoughts or psychological suppression

   "a mental block"

10. Head

    "threatened to knock his block off"

11. A wooden or metal case enclosing one or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by which it may be attached
12. A piece of material (such as wood or linoleum) having on its surface a hand-cut design from which impressions are to be printed

    "wooden blocks used for printing books"

13. A platform from which property is sold at auction

    "went on the block and sold for nearly three million dollars"

14. A quantity, number, or section of things dealt with as a unit

    "bought a large block of shares"

15. Bloc

    "popular among several voting blocks"

16. a compact usually solid piece of substantial material especially when worked or altered to serve a particular purpose : such as
17. the piece of wood on which the neck of a person condemned to be beheaded is laid for execution
18. a mold or form on which articles are shaped or displayed

verb

1. To make (something) unsuitable for passage or progress by obstruction obstruct

   "A rock slide blocked the road."

2. To stop or hinder (someone or something) from moving through or going by

   "The ambulance was blocked by traffic."

3. To prevent (something, such as a process or action) from occurring

   "Senators tried to block passage of the bill."

4. To stop (something) from reaching someone or something

   "a hedge that blocks the wind"

5. To shut off from view

   "The building blocks our view of the ocean."

6. To prevent normal functioning or action of

   "block a nerve with novocaine"

7. To restrict the exchange of (currency, checks, etc.)

   "block a check from clearing"

8. To interfere usually legitimately with (an opponent, an opponent's shot or move, etc.) in various games or sports

   "We practiced blocking our opponents."

9. To use an automated means to prevent access or connection by (a user, device, etc.) or to (a website, social media page, phone number, etc.)

   "They blocked the app on their kids' phones."

10. Blockade

    "First, when a city shall be as it were besieged and blocked about …"

11. To mark or indicate the outline or chief lines of

    "block out a design"

12. To shape on, with, or as if with a block see block

    "block a hat"

13. To secure, support, or provide with a block see block

    "blocking a plate for printing"

14. To work out (the principal positions and movements) for the performers (as of a play)
15. To make (two or more lines of writing or type) flush at the left or at both left and right
16. To hit (a ball or shot) inaccurately toward the right from a right-handed swing or toward the left from a left-handed swing push

    "… you get excited, don't finish your backswing and block your next drive into the foliage."

17. To interfere usually legitimately with an opponent to block an opponent

    "needs to practice blocking"

biographical name

1. Herbert Lawrence 1909–2001
2. Herbert Lawrence 1909—2001Herblock American editorial cartoonist

noun

1. Pulley blocks with associated rope or cable for hoisting or hauling

noun

1. A copolymer that is made up of a series of blocks of simpler polymers

   "The Akron polymer system is essentially an extension of a block copolymer of styrene and dienes (e.g., isoprene, butadiene) developed in the early 1960s …"

noun

1. A diagram (as of a system, process, or program) in which labeled figures (such as rectangles) and interconnecting lines represent the relationship of parts

noun

1. An unrestricted grant made by the U.S. federal government to state and local governments to be used at their discretion to pay especially for social services that were formerly paid for through specific federal programs

noun

1. An often hand-drawn simple capital letter composed of strokes of uniform thickness

noun

1. An outdoor public party put on by the residents of a city block or neighborhood

noun

1. A small plane made with the blade set at a lower pitch than other planes and used chiefly on end grains of wood