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blok.

block:

4 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈblɔk̚]
  1. block: substantial often approximately cuboid piece

  2. block: group of buildings demarcated by streets

  3. block: an action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck)

  4. block: a case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship

  5. block: deliberate interruption of signals traveling along a nerve, often for the purpose of pain relief

  6. block: something that prevents something from passing

    colloquial
  7. bloc: a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals

Where this word comes from

From Dutch blok (“block”), from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-Germanic *blukką, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate of Afrikaans blok. * Semantic loan from English block for sense of (sport) an action to interfere.

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