blocky
Americanadjective
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heavily built; solid; stocky.
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marked by blocks or patches of unequally distributed light and shade, as in a photograph.
adjective
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The furniture company known for its Swedish meatballs and blocky “Kallax” shelving units has found a home inside the old Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
She painted colorful, flat, blocky, nearly abstract shapes, but often with a distortion or a twist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
But I do like clothes that are bright and blocky, and LF Markey does great workwear, which you can get online as well as at their east London store.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
A stone’s throw from the Brandenburg Gate, DZ’s stone facade aligns seamlessly with its blocky neighbors on Pariser Platz, providing little hint of its shocking interior.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Rolling hills and a lush carpet of trees surrounded blocky beige buildings with slit windows.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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