ADJ
- big, huge, large, massive
- small
- solid
- concrete, stone, wooden
- building
- starting (for a runner)
- aiming to be first out of the starting blocks
- breeze
ADJ
- high-rise, tower
- administration, apartment, cell, office
- The prisoners had been transferred to a different cell block
PREP
- in a/the ~
- She lives in a modern apartment block
- ~ of
- a block of flats
ADJ
- mental, writer's
- The author denies that she is experiencing writer's block
VERB + BLOCK
- experience, have, suffer from
- I suddenly had a mental block and couldn't remember his name
ADV
- completely
- almost
- partially, partly
- off, up
- The old route is completely blocked off. Don't block up the corridor with all these boxes
VERB + BLOCK
- try to
- move to
- One of the men moved to block their path
PREP
- with
- The exit was blocked with beer crates
ADV
- successfully
- effectively
- The new rules would effectively block protesters' attempts to assert their rights
- completely
- Black clouds had completely blocked out the sun
- almost
VERB + BLOCK
- attempt to, seek to, try to
- move to
- The group has moved to block the government's proposals
- PHRASAL VERBS block sth out