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masculine

/blɔk/

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Translation

block; pad (of paper)

Word origin

From Middle Dutch blok ('tree trunk, lump'), borrowed into Old French. English 'block' comes from the same Dutch source by way of French.

Origin: Middle Dutch
Root: blok
English cognates: block, blockade

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralblocs

Examples

A huge block of stone was blocking the road.

J' .

I bought a pad of paper for my notes.

Write the list on the pad next to the telephone.

He carved the statue from a single block of wood.

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The whole village rose as one.

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This word is part of lesson 37.