Block

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

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A surname.
The major themes in Francesca Lia Block's books include the necessity of love and the acceptance of and celebration of racial and sexual difference.
Zachary Block chats with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen about their new show, Portlandia, which airs on IFC, Fridays at 10:30.
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A surname. A surname from the Germanic languages A surname from German
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A surname. A surname from the Germanic languages A surname from Dutch
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A surname. A surname from the Germanic languages An English surname
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A surname. A Jewish surname
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An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.

Etymology

* A Germanic surname (German, Dutch and English), from German Block and Dutch blok respectively. As an English surname from the same cognate, block. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Bloch. Also see Vlach.

Forms

plural: Blocks

blob · A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount,…Blob · The section of the elite class in Washington D.C. who have…block · A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any…

Block · A surname.

blockade · The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a…blocked · Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or…blocking · The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.

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