word-vault

{ "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." }