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блокпо́ст — meaning in English

blokpost

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English meaning

  • checkpoint noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
  • roadblock noun A barrier set up across a road, often by police or the military, to stop or check traffic.

Senses

блокпо́ст is used for these senses in English:

  • checkpoint A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
  • roadblock Something that blocks or obstructs a road.

checkpoint — full definition

  1. noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
  2. noun In a video game, a saved point that a player can restart from after failing.
  3. noun A point at which the state of a system or database is saved so it can be restored later.

roadblock — full definition

  1. noun A barrier set up across a road, often by police or the military, to stop or check traffic.
  2. noun Something that gets in the way of progress; an obstacle.

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