Definitions for blocks
blocks

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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. Alan Richmond:

   We’ve got the road blocks up in the area and about 100 National Guard on site that are supposed to be doing security, we have put out alerts that remind people that if they aren’t supposed to be in the area, they shouldn’t be there.

2. Emily Knudsen:

   [Little Miracles] told us they had hit some road blocks. When I asked further questions they wouldn't give any straight answers.

3. Roger Federer:

   I came out of the blocks well and held serve throughout, so I am very happy to be in the next round, i played today already and Borna didn't. I don't know whether it's a disadvantage or not but either way it's going to be tough.

4. Northrop Frye:

   It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling through emotional entanglements, sudden irrational convictions, involuntary gleams of insight, rationalized prejudices, and blocks of panic and inertia, finally to reach a completely incommunicable intuition.

5. Kelly Miller:

   Comets and primitive bodies in the outer solar system are really interesting because theyre thought to be leftover building blocks of the solar system, those small bodies could be incorporated into larger bodies, like Titan, and the dense, organic-rich rocky material could be found in its core.

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