Block
Of artifact.
A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks".
This concept's ID is @1~15157
Contains
- nut
A small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto...
- domino
A small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has...
- slab
Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
- ingot
Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling.
- type
A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when...
- cube
A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube.
- chock
A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object.
- bar
A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate".
- chopping block
A steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split.
- anvil
A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
- starting block
Block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race.
- step
A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.
- briquette
A block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel.
- crosshead
Metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting...
- nog
A wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it.
- pad
A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber s...
- swage block
An iron block cut with holes and grooves to assist in cold working metal.