block
noun
solid piece of sth
ADJ. big, huge, large, massive | small | solid | concrete, stone, wooden | building | starting (for a runner) aiming to be first out of the starting blocks| breeze
large building divided into offices/flats
ADJ. high-rise, tower | administration, apartment, cell, office The prisoners had been transferred to a different cell block.
PREP. in a/the ~ She lives in a modern apartment block.| ~ of a block of flats
temporary loss of abilities
ADJ. mental, writer's The author denies that she is experiencing writer's block.
VERB + BLOCK experience, have, suffer from I suddenly had a mental block and couldn't remember his name.
