block

• a platform from which an auctioneer sells
• render unsuitable for passage
• be unable to remember
• a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
• a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
• a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
• a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
• housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
• (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
• an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do
• a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
• a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
• an obstruction in a pipe or tube
• the act of obstructing or deflecting someone´s movements
• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
• stop from happening or developing
• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
• run on a block system
• interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
• stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
• obstruct
• block passage through
• support, secure, or raise with a block
• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
• shape by using a block
• shape into a block or blocks
• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
• A piece of wood more or less bulky
• The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded
• The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped
• The pattern or shape of a hat
• 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 square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not
• 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
• The perch on which a bird of prey is kept
• Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction
• A piece of box or other wood for engravers´ work
• A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high
• A blockhead
• A section of a railroad where the block system is used
• To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress
• To secure or support by means of blocks
• To shape on, or stamp with, a block
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Illinois
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Kansas
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Tennessee

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