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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Instead, look for a track in a nook above the seating area, where one can race wooden blocks affixed with wheels — think Pinewood Derby — down a track painted to mimic a waterway.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
One of the many great scenes in The Big Short, which fictionalizes famed investor Michael Burry’s bet against the U.S. housing market, involves a tower of wooden blocks.
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
Video distributed by the state civil defense office showed the outer edges of the roof propped up by short wooden blocks.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2023
It’s the same reason a pile of angular wooden blocks will stay in a pile, but a pile of marbles will go everywhere.
From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2022
Instead he retreated to the farthest corner of the nursery, where he began building tall, wobbly towers out of square wooden blocks that he then proceeded to tip over with barely a hint of satisfaction.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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