blocks

/blɒks/ · noun

Meaning

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
A residential building consisting of flats.
The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
To impede an opponent.
To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
To hit with a block.

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