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• the houses are made of concrete blocks with tin roofs.
• a block of ice/wood
• the wall was made from massive blocks of stone.
• a block of flats

block

1. a large piece of a solid material that is square or rectangular in shape and usually has flat sides
• SEE ALSO breeze block
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/breeze-block
• The houses are made of concrete blocks with tin roofs.
• a block of ice/wood
• The wall was made from massive blocks of stone.
2. a tall building that contains flats or offices; buildings that form part of a school, hospital, etc. which are used for a particular purpose
• a block of flats
• a tower block
• an office block
• She lives in a modern apartment block.
• the university’s science block

Extra Examples

• They live in the next block.
• The prisoners had been transferred to a different cell block.
3. the length of one side of a piece of land or group of buildings, from the place where one street crosses it to the next
• His apartment is three blocks away from the police station.
• They walked a few blocks down the street.
4. a group of buildings with streets on all sides
• She took the dog for a walk around the block.
• The downtown area covers four city blocks.

Extra Examples

• The hotel occupies an entire block.
• People were queueing round the block to get in.
5. a large area of land
6. an area of land for building a house on
7. a quantity of something or an amount of time that is considered as a single unit
• a block of shares
• a block of text in a document
• The theatre gives discounts for block bookings (= a large number of tickets bought at the same time).
• The three-hour class is divided into four blocks of 45 minutes each.
8. something that makes movement or progress difficult or impossible
• SYNONYM obstacle
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/obstacle
• Lack of training acts as a block to progress in a career.
• I suddenly had a mental block and couldn't remember his name.
9. a movement that stops another player from going forward
10. the two blocks on the ground that runners push their feet against at the beginning of a race
11. (in the past) the piece of wood on which a person’s head was cut off as a punishment
• SEE ALSO chopping block (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chopping-block#choppingblock_sng_2
12. a person who is very similar to their mother or father in the way that they look or behave
13. to be sold, especially at an auction (= a sale in which items are sold to the person who offers the most money)
14. to have a lot of experience
15. used to threaten somebody that you will hit them
16. a person who is new to a place, an organization, etc.
• Despite his six years in politics, he was still regarded by many as the new kid on the block.
17. to risk losing your job, damaging your reputation, etc. by doing or saying something
• It's not a matter that I'm prepared to put my head on the block for.

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting a log or tree stump): from Old French bloc (noun), bloquer (verb), from Middle Dutch blok, of unknown ultimate origin.