block

block definitions

• 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 defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court. 

• 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.