block

a solid piece of something with flat sides, or a building or section of buildings
A block can be a solid piece of wood, stone or ice. In India it also means a building or section, like 'Block C' of a college.
block meaning in Hindi
सपाट किनारों वाला किसी चीज़ का ठोस टुकड़ा, या कोई इमारत या इमारतों का हिस्सा
Block लकड़ी, पत्थर या बर्फ़ का ठोस टुकड़ा हो सकता है। भारत में इसका अर्थ किसी इमारत या हिस्से से भी है, जैसे कॉलेज का 'Block C'।
Examples
- The children built a tall tower with wooden blocks.बच्चों ने लकड़ी के ब्लॉकों से एक ऊँची मीनार बनाई।
- A new hostel block will be built for girl students, the vice-chancellor said.कुलपति ने कहा कि छात्राओं के लिए एक नया छात्रावास ब्लॉक बनाया जाएगा।
Synonyms & antonyms
Memory trick
A BLOCK is solid like a ROCK: square, heavy and hard to knock!
💡 Did you know?
In India, a 'block' is also a unit of rural administration below a district, headed by a Block Development Officer.
Word origin
From Middle English blok ('log, stump, solid piece'), from Old French bloc ('log, block'), from Middle Dutch blok ('treetrunk'), from Old Dutch *blok ('log'), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką ('beam, log'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-...
Other meanings
verb to stop something from moving through or getting past
block meaning in other languages
| Hindi · हिन्दी | सपाट किनारों वाला किसी चीज़ का ठोस टुकड़ा, या कोई इमारत या इमारतों का हिस्सा |
| Arabic · العربية | قطعة صلبة من شيء ذات جوانب مسطّحة، أو مبنى أو قسم من مبانٍ؛ كتلة، مبنى |
| French · Français | morceau solide à faces planes, ou bâtiment ou section d'un ensemble de bâtiments ; bloc, bâtiment |
| Indonesian · Bahasa Indonesia | potongan padat bersisi datar, atau gedung atau bagian dari kompleks gedung; balok, blok |
| Chinese · 中文 | 有平面的实心块状物,或一栋楼、楼群的一部分;块,楼 |
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