Definition for Block

block, n. [ME > Fr. bloc.]

  1. Neighborhood; immediate environs; portion of a road between intersections; [fig.] doorstop.
  2. Stone; cube; solid mass; material from which something is constructed.
  3. Guillotine; piece of wood for execution by beheading; [fig.] punishment; retribution for criminal activity.

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