n. 1 piece, chunk, hunk, lump, slab; stump; brick, cube The figure is carved out of a solid block of stone 2 bar, obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, stumbling-block, deterrent, impediment, barrier Her arrival should be no block to your leaving
v. 3 obstruct, close off, barricade; bar, shut off; hinder, hamper, balk, impede, prevent Entry to the playing field was blocked by the police 4 block out. a rough out, design, outline, sketch, lay out, plan The colonel blocked out a strategy for our escape b mask, screen, blank (out), erase, eliminate, exclude, blot out, deny She has blocked out that part of her life from her mind 5 block (up). stuff (up), congest, clog, Colloq Brit bung up My nose is all blocked up because of this awful cold