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blok

Pronunciation: [ˈblɔk̚]

“blok” is an Indonesian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. substantial often approximately cuboid piece
  2. group of buildings demarcated by streets
  3. an action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck)
  4. a case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship
  5. deliberate interruption of signals traveling along a nerve, often for the purpose of pain relief
  6. something that prevents something from passing
  7. bloc: a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals

Etymology

From Dutch blok (“block”), from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-Germanic *blukką, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate of Afrikaans blok. * Semantic loan from English block for sense of (sport) an action to interfere.

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