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I . block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] N

1. block (lump):

block
blok m
block of concrete
płyta f
block of wood
kloc m

2. block esp Brit (building):

block
blok m
tower block
wieżowiec m
block of flats
blok mieszkalny
office block
biurowiec m

3. block (toy):

[building] block
klocek m

4. block (quantity):

block of shares
pakiet m
block of text
fragment m

6. block AUTO:

block
zator m

8. block SPORTS:

block
blok m
starting block
blok startowy

II . block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] VB trans

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apartment block, apartment house AM N

block off VB trans

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block up VB trans, intr

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block booking N

block capitals N

block deduction N ECON

block letters N

block letters pl → block capitals

See also block capitals

block capitals N

breeze block N Brit

chopping block, chopping board N Brit

hospital block N

office block, office building AM N

Usage examples with blocked

blocked currency
waluta niewymienialna
the road ahead was blocked
droga naprzód była zablokowana

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Similarly, mergers between insured depository institutions and non-insured depository institutions that have a bad track record in combating money-laundering could be blocked.
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Portions of the mazes were also blocked off by locked doors, which could be opened by finding the keys scattered through the maze.
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The safety car was deployed, as a flatbed truck came to remove the stricken vehicle and blocked the entire track, halting the remaining cars.
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The analgesic action can be blocked by naloxone or yohimbine in mice which suggests mediation by alpha 2-adrenoceptor stimulated release of endogenous opioids.
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Even if migration along the ear canal is blocked, new cells continue to grow so the surface of the eardrum becomes larger.
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The other could easily be blocked, perhaps by a herd of sheep or a heavy cart, giving the smugglers time for a leisurely escape.
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If these channels were to be blocked, as evidence suggests, it would turn into a swamp, diverting the water into smaller distributary channels.
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The canals were then dammed and the bell was lifted by raising the water level by the addition of earth into the blocked canal.
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The parcels train now blocked the track upon which the excursion train was attached.
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This building was right in the middle of the fishhook, and it blocked people's ability to kind of connect the dots.
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