n.
interruption
obstacle
1) ( Am. football) to throw a ~ at smb.
2) a mental ~ (when it comes to word games, I have a mental ~)
3) ( med. ) a heart; nerve; saddle ~
4) a stumbling ~
street
city square
( AE )
5) a city ~ (the building occupies an entire city ~)
6) around the ~; in, on a ~ (they went around the ~; they live in this ~)
apartment house
( BE )
7) a council ~
8) a tower ~ ('a high-rise apartment')
9) ( misc. ) a ~ of flats
platform
10) a butcher's; chopping; headsman's ~
auctioneer's platform
11) the auction ~
12) on the ~ ('being auctioned')
group
bloc
13) a trade ~
rectangular unit used in construction
14) a building; cinder; concrete ~
support
brace
15) a starting ~ (for a runner)
section of text
(computers)
16) to copy; delete; end; move a ~