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Definition of Block off
1. Verb. Obstruct access to.
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Blockade
2. Verb. Render unsuitable for passage. "Stop the busy road"
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Specialized synonyms: Close Off, Shut Off, Close
Related verbs: Block, Obstruct
Derivative terms: Bar, Barricade, Barricade, Blockage, Blocking, Blockade, Stop, Stopper
3. Verb. Block off the passage through. "We shut off the valve"
Generic synonyms: Bar, Barricade, Block, Block Up, Blockade, Stop
Definition of Block off
1. Verb. (transitive) To obstruct ¹
2. Verb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Block Off
Literary usage of Block off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mine Accidents and Their Prevention: Illustrated by 200 Pictures Taken in by John Huffman Dague, 1881-, John Huffman Dague, Samuel J. Phillips, 1872-, Samuel J. Phillips (1912)
"It is very dangerous to leave this block off. The runner runs a car into the
chamber. ... Is it dangerous for the miner to leave the block off? ..."
2. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"CASES OF GLASS should always he stowed athwart ships, and on edge. No dunnage
should be used except in the wings to block off with. ..."
3. Mystic Isles of the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien (1921)
""Come aboard," cried the mate, "and I will knock your block off." The whole
waterfront heard the challenge. ... The master taunted him: "Knock my block off! ..."
4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Society of (1916)
"great hardship to business to absolutely block off the street for so long a
period, it is necessary to use a bituminous filler. In deciding which filler to ..."
5. Mine Accidents and Their Prevention: Illustrated by 200 Pictures Taken in by John Huffman Dague, 1881-, John Huffman Dague, Samuel J. Phillips, 1872-, Samuel J. Phillips (1912)
"It is very dangerous to leave this block off. The runner runs a car into the
chamber. ... Is it dangerous for the miner to leave the block off? ..."
6. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"CASES OF GLASS should always he stowed athwart ships, and on edge. No dunnage
should be used except in the wings to block off with. ..."
7. Mystic Isles of the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien (1921)
""Come aboard," cried the mate, "and I will knock your block off." The whole
waterfront heard the challenge. ... The master taunted him: "Knock my block off! ..."
8. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Society of (1916)
"great hardship to business to absolutely block off the street for so long a
period, it is necessary to use a bituminous filler. In deciding which filler to ..."
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