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Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Idioms about block
put / go on the block, to offer or be offered for sale at auction: to put family heirlooms on the block.
Origin of block
1275–1325; Middle English blok log, stump (<Middle French bloc) <Middle Dutch blok; perhaps akin to balk
OTHER WORDS FROM block
block·a·ble, adjectivere·block, verb (used with object)subblock, nounun·blocked, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH block
bloc, blockWords nearby block
Other definitions for block (2 of 2)
Block
[ blok ]
/ blɒk /
noun
Herbert Lawrence Herblock, 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
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British Dictionary definitions for block
block
/ (blɒk) /
noun
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of block
blocker, nounWord Origin for block
C14: from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok; related to Old High German bloh
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Medical definitions for block
block
[ blŏk ]
n.
Interruption, especially obstruction, of a normal physiological function.
Interruption, complete or partial, permanent or temporary, of the passage of a nervous impulse.
Atrioventricular block.
Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression.
v.
To arrest passage through; obstruct.
Other words from block
block′age (blŏk′ĭj) n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Other Idioms and Phrases with block
block
see chip off the old block; knock someone's block off; on the block; stumbling block.
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