noun
Meaning 1
The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The store is huge, occupying an entire city block.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
city block
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noun
Meaning 2
The distance from one urban street to the next, or an approximately comparable distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In Lawrence, a mile is generally 12 city blocks east-west or 8 blocks north-south.
- Go along that road for about a city block, and you should see an old barn.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he lives in the next block
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: block
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area, country
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: квартал (kvartal) — part of town enclosed by streets
- Catalan: illa — part of town enclosed by streets
- Dutch: blok — part of town enclosed by streets
- Dutch: huizenblok — part of town enclosed by streets
- Dutch: bouwblok — part of town enclosed by streets
- Finnish: kortteli — part of town enclosed by streets
- French: pâté de maisons — part of town enclosed by streets
- French: îlot urbain — part of town enclosed by streets
- French: îlot — part of town enclosed by streets
- French: île — part of town enclosed by streets
- Greek: τετράγωνο (tetrágono) — part of town enclosed by streets
- Italian: isolato — part of town enclosed by streets
- Occitan: molon — part of town enclosed by streets
- Polish: blok budowlany — part of town enclosed by streets
- Portuguese: quarteirão — part of town enclosed by streets
- Russian: кварта́л (kvartál) — part of town enclosed by streets
- Russian: жилой массив (žiloj massiv) — part of town enclosed by streets
- Spanish: manzana — part of town enclosed by streets
- Spanish: cuadra — part of town enclosed by streets
- Swedish: kvarter — part of town enclosed by streets
- Finnish: kortteli — distance from one street to next
- Finnish: kadunväli — distance from one street to next
- Russian: кварта́л (kvartál) — distance from one street to next
- Spanish: cuadra — distance from one street to next
- Swedish: but see gata — distance from one street to next
- Swedish: korsning — distance from one street to next
- Swedish: kvarter — distance from one street to next