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. Matthieu Lamarre:

   After what happened in Nice, we are in the process of setting up devices aimed at blocking vehicles entering the site with barriers, other vehicles standing in the way and blocks of concrete.

2. Philip Beh:

   Most people live in apartment blocks on top of each other. We don’t have individuals with houses and gardens where you can go out and dig a hole and try to bury a body, you’re never really alone; your neighbors are above you, below you, next to you. Anything out of the ordinary will catch someone’s attention.

3. 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.

4. Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

   The biggest nuclear power plant in Europe is on fire right now, russian tanks are shooting at the nuclear blocks. These are tanks equipped with thermal imagers, so they know what they are shooting at.

5. Stephen Johnson:

   It was less than 200 square feet. This is actually a luxury and costs less than the place that I lived a couple blocks down the street.

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References

1. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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