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. |
Concrete
(a.) United in growth |
Concrete
(a.) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object |
Concrete
(a.) Applied to a specific object |
Concrete
(n.) A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. |
Concrete
(n.) A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures. |
Concrete
(n.) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists |
Concrete
(n.) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass. |
Concrete
(v. i.) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body. |
Concrete
(v. t.) To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles. |
Concrete
(v. t.) To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement. |
Construction
(n.) The process or art of constructing |
Construction
(n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything |
Construction
(n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence |
Construction
(n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact |
Fish-block
(n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Masonry
(n.) The art or occupation of a mason. |
Masonry
(n.) The work or performance of a mason |
Masonry
(n.) That which is built by a mason |
Masonry
(n.) The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons |
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. |
Unit
(n.) A single thing or person. |
whole
unit | an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity, how big is that part compared to the whole?, the team is a unit |
| 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 |
| masonry | the craft of a mason |
| construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
| construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
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 |
booster booster rocket
booster unit
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket | the first stage of a multistage rocket |
| 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 |
Bunker Buster
Guided Bomb Unit-
GBU- | a , pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding, used to penetrate hardened underground facilities |
butcher board
butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
| 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 |
concrete mixer
cement mixer | a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete |
cube
square block | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |
| cyclopean masonry | a primitive style of masonry characterized by use of massive stones of irregular shape and size |
damper block
piano damper | damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration |
| dry masonry | masonry without mortar |
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 |
loudspeaker
speaker
speaker unit
loudspeaker system
speaker system | electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance |
| masonry | structure built of stone or brick by a mason |
| 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 |
round unit of ammunition
one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
semiconductor device
semiconductor unit
semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material |
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 |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |