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Definition: Block Off |
Block OffVerb1. Obstruct access to. 2. Render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets". 3. Block off the passage through. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | A. To fill and seal undesirable openings, fissures, or caving zones in a borehole by cementation or by lining the borehole with pipe or casing. Also called blank off; case off; seal off b. To secure a mine opening against the flow or escape of gas, air, or liquid by erecting rock, concrete, steel, wood, or cloth barriers c. To erect barriers to prevent workers from entering unsafe areas inunderground workings. (references) |
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Synonyms: Block OffSynonyms: bar (v), barricade (v), block (v), block up (v), blockade (v), close off (v), shut off (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Block Off |
| English words defined with "block off": barricade, barricado ♦ close off ♦ shut off. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, you'd better make it murder, because I'm gonna knock your block off. (The Odd Angry Shot; writing credit: Tom Jeffrey; William L. Nagle) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Western Washington, Thurston County, Tenino. Seven Day Adventist Church, one block off the main street from the bank. See general caption number 37. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
block off | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "block off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | uzavřít (cage up, close down, conclude, encase, obturate, shut down, shut up, terminate, tie, transact). (various references) | |
German | absperren (barricade off, close off, lock up, mark off, seal off, section off, shut off, turn off), abschneiden (clipping, cut, cut off, shear), abriegeln (bolt, cordon off, seal off), abdecken (mask, uncover). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockblay offay.(various references) | |
Spanish | cortar (cut, cut off, clip, shear, slice, decapitate, pluck, tear off). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-f-f-k-l-o-o" | |
-3 letters: block, boffo, flock, kloof. | |
-4 letters: bloc, bock, boff, bolo, book, coff, coof, cook, cool, floc, folk, fool, kobo, kolo, lobo, lock, loco, loof, look, obol. | |
-5 letters: boo, cob, col, coo, fob, kob, lob, loo, off. | |
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