A large, solid piece of hard material, typically with flat surfaces on each side. The children played with wooden blocks, stacking them into towers.
A group of buildings bounded by four streets in a city. She lives two blocks away from the grocery store.
An obstacle or hindrance to progress, understanding, or achievement. Writer's block can be a frustrating experience for authors.
A large quantity or amount of something treated as a single unit. The company purchased a block of shares in the new startup.
A section of a program or data in computing. The program crashed due to a corrupted block of data.
A pulley or system of pulleys mounted in a case. The sailors used a block and tackle to hoist the sails.
An act of stopping or deflecting an opponent or an object, such as a ball or puck, in sports. The defender made a brilliant block to keep the ball out of the net.