block

noun/blɑk/

Frequency rank: #1,054 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A large solid piece of material; or a section of streets in a town.

Illustration for the English word “block”

Example sentence

He walked past a tall block that kept out the sunlight.

Synonyms & related words

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