definitions

starting block

noun Track.

a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.

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RELATED WORDS

springboard

Nearby words

start something, start up, starter, starter home, starters, starting block, starting gate, starting grid, starting handle, starting price, starting rate

Origin of starting block

First recorded in 1945–50
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British Dictionary definitions for starting block

starting block

noun

one of a pair of adjustable devices with pads or blocks against which a sprinter braces his feet in crouch starts
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