block

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(noun): A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
(noun): A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
(noun): A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
(noun): A residential building consisting of flats.
(noun): The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
(noun): Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
(noun): The human head.
(noun): A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
(noun): A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
(noun): A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
(noun): A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
(noun): A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
(noun): A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
(noun): A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.
(noun): A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
(noun): Something that prevents something from passing.
(noun): An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
(noun): A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
(noun): A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
(noun): A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
(noun): A section of split logs used as fuel.
(noun): Solitary confinement.
(noun): A cellblock.
(noun): The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
(noun): A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
(noun): A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
(noun): A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
(noun): The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
(noun): A blockhole.
(noun): The popping crease.
(noun): A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
(verb): To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
(verb): To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
(verb): To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
(verb): To impede an opponent.
(verb): To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
(verb): To hit with a block.
(verb): To play a block shot.
(verb): To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
(verb): To wait.
(verb): To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
(verb): To shape or sketch out roughly.

a block of ice
Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
I'm going for a walk around the block.
a block of flats
The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short block north.

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