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