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Noun
S: (n) block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)) "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
S: (n) block, city block (a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings) "he lives in the next block"
S: (n) block, cube (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)
S: (n) block (a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit) "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"
S: (n) block (housing in a large building that is divided into separate units) "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing"
S: (n) block ((computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted) "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably"
S: (n) block, mental block (an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension) "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block"
S: (n) pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block (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)
S: (n) engine block, cylinder block, block (a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine) "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked"
S: (n) fly gallery, fly floor (a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater; stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies)
S: (n) footboard (a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet)
S: (n) footplate (the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls)
S: (n) monkey bridge (a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room)
S: (n) pallet (a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it)
S: (n) pier, wharf, wharfage, dock (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
S: (n) ring (a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle)
S: (n) runway (a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.)
S: (n) scaffold (a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded))
S: (n) stage (a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience) "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
S: (v) block (interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia) "block a nerve"; "block a muscle"
S: (v) obstruct, block (shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight) "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"
S: (v) block (stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block) "block the book cover"
S: (v) stuff, lug, choke up, block (obstruct) "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
S: (v) block (support, secure, or raise with a block) "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car"
S: (v) parry, block, deflect (impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)) "block an attack"
S: (v) forget, block, blank out, draw a blank (be unable to remember) "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
S: (v) block (shape by using a block) "Block a hat"; "block a garment"
S: (v) block (shape into a block or blocks) "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"
S: (v) freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)) "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"