Bloch

[blok]

noun

1. Ernest, 1880–1959, Swiss composer, in the U.S. after 1916.

2. Felix, 1905–83, Swiss physicist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1952.

3. Konrad E., 1912–2000, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1964.

Bloch

/ blɒk /

noun

1. Ernest . 1880–1959, US composer, born in Switzerland, who found inspiration in Jewish liturgical and folk music: his works include the symphonies Israel (1916) and America (1926)

2. Felix . 1905–83, US physicist, born in Switzerland: Nobel prize for physics (1952) for his work on the magnetic moments of atomic particles

3. Konrad Emil . 1912–2000, US biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1964 for his work on fatty-acid metabolism

4. Marc . 1886–1944, French historian and Resistance fighter; author of Feudal Society (1935) and Strange Defeat (1940), an essay on the fall of France: killed by the Nazis

Example Sentences

Gein was the inspiration for Robert Bloch’s novel “Psycho,” which Alfred Hitchcock adapted into the 1960 film of the same name.

From Los Angeles Times

Bloch said squirrels are not known to carry rabies.

From Los Angeles Times

Hooded vultures and the white-backed vultures are, according to Mr Bloch, the species most at risk currently.

From BBC

“That was Ernest Bloch,” he casually told me after one piece, spelling out Ernest and then Bloch.

From Los Angeles Times

A few weeks ago, Darren Bloch was washing up when something exploded.

From BBC