Scrabble?! BLOCK

Definitions of BLOCK in various dictionaries:

noun - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

noun - a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings

noun - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

noun - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit

noun - housing in a large building that is divided into separate units

noun - (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted

noun - an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do

noun - 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

noun - a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine

noun - an obstruction in a pipe or tube

noun - a platform from which an auctioneer sells

noun - the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

verb - render unsuitable for passage

verb - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

verb - stop from happening or developing

verb - interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

verb - run on a block system

verb - interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia

verb - shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

verb - stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block

verb - obstruct

verb - block passage through

verb - support, secure, or raise with a block

verb - impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

verb - be unable to remember

verb - shape by using a block

verb - shape into a block or blocks

verb - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.

Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.

Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher’s block.

Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.

A small wooden or plastic cube used as a building toy: a set of blocks.

A large amount of text.

A starting block.

A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction: Many priceless antiques went on the block.

A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed: a hat block.

A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving.

A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing.

An engine block.

A bloc.

A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit.

A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.

A group of townships in an unsurveyed area.

A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets.

A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants.

A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.

A length of railroad track controlled by signals.

The act of obstructing.

Something that obstructs; an obstacle.

An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball.

Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.

Interruption, especially obstruction, of a normal physiological function: nerve block.

Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression.

The human head: threatened to knock my block off.

A blockhead.

To shape into a block or blocks.

To support, strengthen, or retain in place by means of a block.

To shape, mold, or form with or on a block: block a hat.

To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct: block traffic.

To shut out from view: a curtain blocking the stage.

To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch: block out a plan of action.

To impede the movement of (an opponent or the ball) by physical interference.

To interrupt the proper functioning of (a nervous, muscular, or other physiological process), especially by the use of anesthesia.

To fail to remember.

To obstruct the movement of an opponent.

verb - to get in the way of