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▸ noun:  A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
▸ noun:  A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
▸ noun:  A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
▸ noun:  A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
▸ noun:  (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
▸ noun:  A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
▸ noun:  A section of split logs used as fuel.
▸ noun:  A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
▸ noun:  (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
▸ noun:  (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
▸ noun:  A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
▸ noun:  (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
▸ noun:  (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
▸ noun:  A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
▸ noun:  (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
▸ noun:  (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
▸ noun:  (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
▸ noun:  (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
▸ noun:  (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
▸ noun:  (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
▸ noun:  A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
▸ noun:  The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
▸ noun:  A roughly cuboid building.
▸ noun:  A cellblock.
▸ noun:  Something that prevents something from passing.
▸ noun:  Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
▸ noun:  (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
▸ noun:  (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
▸ noun:  (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
▸ noun:  (cricket) A blockhole.
▸ noun:  (cricket) The popping crease.
▸ noun:  (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
▸ noun:  A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
▸ noun:  (slang) The human head.
▸ noun:  (UK) Solitary confinement.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
▸ verb:  (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
▸ verb:  (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
▸ verb:  (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To bar (a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
▸ verb:  (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang, obsolete) To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A surname from the Germanic languages
▸ noun:  A surname from German
▸ noun:  A surname from Dutch
▸ noun:  An English surname
▸ noun:  A Jewish surname
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.
▸ noun:  Misspelling of bloc. [A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.]

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