A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
A cellblock.
The popping crease.
A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
Solitary confinement.
A section of split logs used as fuel.
A blockhole.
A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
Something that prevents something from passing.
A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
The human head.
A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
A roughly cuboid building.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
To hit with a block.
To wait for some condition to become true.
To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
To play a block shot.
To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
To shape or sketch out roughly.
To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.
The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors.
A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
The vagina.
A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.
A period of time within a schedule or sequence.
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
The barrel or tube of a wave.
A slot machine designed for gambling.
In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining.
To put something where it belongs.
To kill.