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Blocks

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barnounA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
stuffnoun(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
pulleynoun(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
barricadenounA barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
engine blocknounThe metal casting that contains the piston cylinders of an engine.
lugnounThe act of hauling or dragging.
freezenounA period of intensely cold weather.
blockadenounThe physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
parrynounA defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
choke upverb(intransitive) To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
jamnoun(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
stymynounAlternative spelling of stymie. [(golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).]
occlusionnounThe process of occluding, or something that occludes.
occludeverb(transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
city blocknounThe smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
blockagenoun(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
block upverb(transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
block offverb(transitive) To obstruct.
obstructverbTo block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
interferencenounThe act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

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