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blok — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bloc noun A group of countries, parties, or people united by shared political or economic goals.
  • block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  • carton noun A lightweight box made of cardboard or waxed paper, used to package goods.
  • cellblock noun A section of a prison containing a row or group of cells.
  • pad noun A block of soft or absorbent material used for cushioning, cleaning, or protection.
  • pulley noun A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim over which a rope or chain runs, used to lift or move loads.

Senses

blok is used for these senses in English:

  • apartment building A residential building containing multiple apartments or flats.
  • block (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
  • carton A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
  • code block (programming) A block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language.
  • engine block The metal casting that contains the piston cylinders of an engine.
  • miniature sheet (philately) A smaller-than-normal sheet or pane of usually identical postage stamps, commonly containing gum and perforations, sometimes bearing a marginal inscription identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.
  • pad A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
  • pulley (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

block — full definition

  1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
  3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
  4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
  5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

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