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  • 21Buildings in King's Lynn — King s Lynn is an attractive English market town in West Norfolk. This page details a selection of some of the more prominent buildings in King s Lynn with pictures where available.ChurchesAll Saints Church [http://www.allsaintskingslynn.org.uk… …

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  • 22block*/*/ — [blɒk] noun [C] I 1) a large building with a lot of different levels an apartment/office block[/ex] The whole block of flats was destroyed.[/ex] 2) a solid piece of wood, stone, ice etc with straight sides a block of marble[/ex] 3) an amount of… …

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  • 23block — noun 1》 a large solid piece of hard material with flat surfaces on each side.     ↘a starting block.     ↘Printing a piece of wood or metal engraved for printing on paper or fabric.     ↘a head shaped mould used for shaping hats or wigs. 2》 Brit …

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  • 24block — {{11}}block (n.) solid piece, c.1300, from O.Fr. bloc log, block of wood (13c.), via M.Du. bloc trunk of a tree or O.H.G. bloh, from a common Germanic source, from PIE *bhlugo , from *bhelg a thick plank, beam (see BALK (Cf. balk)). Meaning mould …

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  • 25Block Island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound. * * * Island, Rhode Island, U.S. It lies at the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound, 9 mi (15 km) southwest of Point Judith, R.I. It has an area of… …

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  • 26block — /blɒk/ noun 1. a series of items grouped together ● I bought a block of 6,000 shares. 2. a series of buildings forming a square with streets on all sides ● They want to redevelop a block in the centre of the town. ♦ a block of offices, an office… …

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  • 27block — I. v. a. 1. Obstruct, close, blockade, stop, arrest, shut up, stop up, block up, fill up. 2. Mould, shape, form (on a block). 3. Make steady or firm, stiffen, brace. II. n. 1. Thick and heavy piece (as of wood or stone), mass. 2 …

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  • 28block sth in/out phrasal — verb (T) to make a drawing of something that gives a general idea but is not exact: I ll just block in the main buildings …

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  • 29Odd Fellows Block (Grand Forks, North Dakota) — Odd Fellows Block U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 30George's Block — Infobox nrhp name = George s Block nrhp type = cp caption = Many of the windows on George s Block have been replaced or boarded up. location = Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA nearest city = lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 59 lat seconds = 2 …

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