wood block
Britishnoun
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a small rectangular flat block of wood that is laid with others as a floor surface
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music another word for Chinese block
Example Sentences
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Another webpage described the Los Gatos-based Fountaine as an innovation prodigy, having created a hot dog cooker made of two nails, a wood block and a stripped electric cord at the age of 6.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
“Sometimes we tape it to a wood block if we need to get a little more force into the furniture,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Unlike iron, the wood block does not sink in the water but instead floats on the water’s surface.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Most surprising of all are hundreds of original Japanese wood block prints that were in Monet’s private collection.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2016
Ishmael saw where she had worked with the wheelbarrow at bringing cordwood from the shed to the kitchen door; there were splinters around the wood block where she’d cut kindling.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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