Definitions for BLOCKS
blocks

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. blocks

   The several transverse pieces or logs of timber, piled in plane, on which a ship is built, or to place her on for repair: they consist of solid pieces of oak laid on the ground-ways.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BLOCKS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4391

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BLOCKS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4180

How to pronounce BLOCKS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say BLOCKS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BLOCKS in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BLOCKS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of BLOCKS in a Sentence

1. De Grasse:

   Felt like I didn't have a great start but somehow I ended up finishing the race well, i found De Grasse in the back( out of the blocks) and had to go to my next gear.

2. Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold:

   It's hard. It's challenging, i live three blocks up the street from that store. You're worried about your neighbors, you're worried about your partner. You're worried about everything when you getthat call. So, yeah, I feel numb. And it's heartbreaking. It's heartbreaking to talk to victims, their families. It's tragic.

3. Washington Mystics:

   The new salary cap a year ago has forced teams to rethink their rosters long term, you used to be able to think in two- or three-year blocks. Now it's four- or five-year blocks. Teams will be in a situation where you may have four or five high-paid players and need four or five young contracts to balance that out.

4. Harold Tobin:

   Blanco Fracture zone quakes are strike-slip( lateral motions of the crustal blocks on either side, rather than up-down displacement), so it is very unlikely for them to pose a tsunami threat, even if a bigger quake happened, like a magnitude 7.0 for example.

5. Paul McGloin:

   I pass here five, six times a day because I live two blocks from here and when I looked I couldn't believe it, to see that it was tipped over.

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References

1. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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