bloc vs block
Definitions
noun
- a group of countries in special alliance
Examples
Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
Which drugs become blockbusters is in many respects a lottery.
A couple of commendable but slight folk covers albums in the early Nineties lead to assertions of writer's block.
Definitions
noun
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
verb
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- block passage through
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- support, secure, or raise with a block
Examples
Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
Which drugs become blockbusters is in many respects a lottery.
A couple of commendable but slight folk covers albums in the early Nineties lead to assertions of writer's block.