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• block release — noun Release from employment for a period of weeks or more in order to follow a course of study • • • Main Entry: ↑block * * * block release UK US noun [uncountable] in the UK, a system of training for a particular job in which you spend some… …   Useful english dictionary

• block gauge — noun A block of hardened steel with its opposite faces accurately ground and polished flat and parallel, used to check the accuracy of other gauges • • • Main Entry: ↑block …   Useful english dictionary

• block printing — noun Printing from hand carved or engraved blocks, now used for specialist books, wallpaper and textiles • • • Main Entry: ↑block * * * block printing, a printing from engraved or carved blocks of wood or other material. It is used chiefly for… …   Useful english dictionary

• block-book — blockˈ book noun A book printed from engraved blocks, not movable types • • • Main Entry: ↑block …   Useful english dictionary

• block-chain — blockˈ chain noun An endless chain of blocks and links • • • Main Entry: ↑block …   Useful english dictionary

• block-coal — blockˈ coal noun Coal that breaks into cuboidal blocks • • • Main Entry: ↑block …   Useful english dictionary

• block-system — blockˈ system noun (rail) A system in which no train is allowed onto a section of line so long as any other is on it • • • Main Entry: ↑block …   Useful english dictionary

• block-tin — blockˈ tin noun Tin in the form of blocks or ingots • • • Main Entry: ↑block …   Useful english dictionary

• block type — noun A heavy letter type, without serifs • • • Main Entry: ↑block …   Useful english dictionary

• block up — verb render unsuitable for passage block the way barricade the streets stop the busy road • Syn: ↑barricade, ↑block, ↑blockade, ↑stop, ↑block off, ↑bar …   Useful english dictionary

• block grant — noun a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare • Hypernyms: ↑grant, ↑subsidization, ↑subsidisation * * * I. noun : a fixed grant of… …   Useful english dictionary