{
    "term": "block",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ho/homes.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large piece of a solid material that is square or rectangular in shape and usually has flat sides",
            "sensetop": "block of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The houses are made of concrete blocks with tin roofs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a block of ice/wood",
                    "contextForm": "block of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wall was made from massive blocks of stone."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "phrases": ["on the chopping block"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a tall building that contains flats or offices; buildings that form part of a school, hospital, etc. which are used for a particular purpose",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **block of flats**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **tower block**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **office block**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lives in a modern **apartment block**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the university’s science block"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They live in the next block."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prisoners had been transferred to a different cell block."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high-rise", "tower", "tenement"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the block", "block of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the length of one side of a piece of land or group of buildings, from the place where one street crosses it to the next",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His apartment is three blocks away from the police station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They walked a few blocks down the street."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["city"],
                "preposition": ["around the block", "round the block", "block from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a group of buildings with streets on all sides",
            "sensetop": "around the block",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She took the dog for a walk around the block.",
                    "contextForm": "around the block"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The downtown area covers four **city blocks**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hotel occupies an entire block."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People were queueing round the block to get in."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["city"],
                "preposition": ["around the block", "round the block", "block from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a large area of land",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "an area of land for building a house on",
            "labels": "(Australian English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a quantity of something or an amount of time that is considered as a single unit",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a block of shares"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a block of text in a document"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The theatre gives discounts for **block bookings** *(= a large number of tickets bought at the same time)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The three-hour class is divided into four blocks of 45 minutes each."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "something that makes movement or progress difficult or impossible",
            "sensetop": "block (to something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Lack of training acts as a block to progress in a career."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I suddenly had a **mental block** and couldn't remember his name."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["mental", "writer’s"],
                "verb + block": ["experience", "have", "suffer from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "a movement that stops another player from going forward",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "the two blocks on the ground that runners push their feet against at the beginning of a race",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "(in the past) the piece of wood on which a person’s head was cut off as a punishment",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "phrases": ["on the chopping block"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is very similar to their mother or father in the way that they look or behave",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be sold, especially at an auction (= a sale in which items are sold to the person who offers the most money)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a lot of experience",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to threaten somebody that you will hit them",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is new to a place, an organization, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Despite his six years in politics, he was still regarded by many as the new kid on the block."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to risk losing your job, damaging your reputation, etc. by doing or saying something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's not a matter that I'm prepared to put my head on the block for."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blɒk/",
                "audio": "bl/block/block__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blɑːk/",
                "audio": "bl/block/block__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a log or tree stump): from Old French bloc (noun), bloquer (verb), from Middle Dutch blok, of unknown ultimate origin."
}