Arch brick
() A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch. |
Block
(v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky |
Block
(v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. |
Block
(v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped. |
Block
(v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat. |
Block
(v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building |
Block
(v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not. |
Block
(v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force |
Block
(v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. |
Block
(v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction |
Block
(v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work. |
Block
(v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high. |
Block
(v. t.) A blockhead |
Block
(v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below. |
Block
(n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress |
Block
(n.) To secure or support by means of blocks |
Block
(n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block |
Block book
() A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. |
Block tin
() See under Tin. |
Brick
(n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. |
Brick
(n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material |
Brick
(n.) Any oblong rectangular mass |
Brick
(n.) A good fellow |
Brick
(v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks |
Brick
(v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them. |
Fish-block
(n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Hollow
(a.) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance |
Hollow
(a.) Depressed |
Hollow
(a.) Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound |
Hollow
(a.) Not sincere or faithful |
Hollow
(n.) A cavity, natural or artificial |
Hollow
(n.) A low spot surrounded by elevations |
Hollow
(v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving |
Hollow
(adv.) Wholly |
Hollow
(interj.) Hollo. |
Hollow
(v. i.) To shout |
Hollow
(v. t.) To urge or call by shouting. |
Hollow-hearted
(a.) Insincere |
Hollow-horned
(a.) Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle. |
Pillar-block
(n.) See under Pillow. |
Plumber block
() A pillow block. |
Snatch block
() a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. |
Stumbling-block
(n.) Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error. |
Top-block
(n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast. |
| block grant | a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs, block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare |
| block vote | a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents |
blocking
block | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements |
| trap block | (American football) an illegal block |
adobe
adobe brick | sun-dried brick, used in hot dry climates |
auction block
block | a platform from which an auctioneer sells, they put their paintings on the block |
| block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides), the pyramids were built with large stone blocks |
| block | housing in a large building that is divided into separate units, there is a block of classrooms in the west wing |
blockage
block closure
occlusion
stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| block and tackle | pulley blocks with associated rope or cable |
| block diagram | a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system) |
| block plane | a small plane used on end grains of wood |
bollock
bullock block | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast |
| brick | rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln, used as a building or paving material |
brick trowel
mason's trowel | a trowel used in masonry |
| building block | a block of material used in construction work |
butcher board
butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
| chopping block | a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split |
cinder block
clinker block
breeze block | a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate, cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain |
clinker
clinker brick | a hard brick used as a paving stone |
cube
square block | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |
damper block
piano damper | damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration |
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 |
highise
tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments, `tower block' is the British term for `highise' |
ingot
metal bar
block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
linecut
line block
line engraving | engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved |
| mud brick | a brick made from baked mud |
office building
office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
| pillow block | a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing |
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 |
sketchbook
sketch block
sketch pad | a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn |
| snatch block | a pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope |
| starting block | block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race |
| stumbling block | any obstacle or impediment |
surface gauge
surface gage
scribing block | gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces |
| swage block | an iron block cut with holes and grooves to assist in cold working metal |
woodcut
wood block
wood engraving | engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it, used to make prints |
| brick red | a bright reddish-brown color |
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 |
| writer's block | an inability to write, he had writer's block, the words wouldn't come |
block letter
block capital | a plain hand-drawn letter |
| brick cheese | semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form |
| 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 |
block
city block | a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings, he lives in the next block |
| hole hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
| hollow holler | a small valley between mountains, he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians |
unit
building block | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else, units of nucleic acids |
| brick | a good fellow, helpful and trustworthy |
measuring unit
measuring block | a unit of measurement |
| 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 |