tower block

  • 11tower block — /tow euhr/, Chiefly Brit. a high rise building. [1965 70] * * * …

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  • 12tower block — noun Brit. a tall modern building containing numerous floors of offices or flats …

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  • 13tower block — noun (C) BrE a tall building containing apartments or offices …

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  • 14ˈtower ˌblock — noun [C] British a tall building with flats or offices on each floor …

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  • 15tower block — /ˈtaʊə blɒk/ (say towuh blok) noun a very tall building or part of a building, especially one containing flats or offices …

  • 16block — n. interruption obstacle 1) (Am. football) to throw a block at smb. 2) a mental block (when it comes to word games, I have a mental block) 3) (med.) a heart; nerve; saddle block 4) a stumbling block street city square (AE) 5) a city block (the… …

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  • 17block — block1 W2S2 [blɔk US bla:k] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(solid material)¦ 2¦(streets/area)¦ 3¦(large building)¦ 4¦(quantity of things)¦ 5 block booking/voting 6¦(inability to think)¦ 7¦(stopping movement)¦ 8¦(punishment)¦ 9 put your he …

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  • 18block — [[t]blɒ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ blocks, blocking, blocked 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them. ...blocks of council flats. ...a white painted apartment block. 2) N COUNT A block in a town is an… …

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  • 19block — 1 noun (C) 1 SOLID MASS a solid mass of hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides (+ of): a block of ice 2 STREET/STREETS a) AmE the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next: It s three blocks to the …

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  • 20tower — [[t]ta͟ʊə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ towers, towering, towered 1) N COUNT: oft in names A tower is a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle. ...an eleventh century castle with 120 foot high… …

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