QUIZ
THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.
Question 1 of 7
In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
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, blockOther definitions for block (2 of 2)
Block
[ blok ]
/ blɒk /
noun
Herbert Lawrence Herblock, 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
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How to use block in a sentence
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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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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