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Definition of Blocky
1. Adjective. Resembling a block in shape.
Definition of Blocky
1. Adjective. Resembling a block in shape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blocky
1. short and stout [adj BLOCKIER, BLOCKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blocky
Literary usage of Blocky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"Some of the miners call such a jointed roof potty, but most of them use the better
term, 'blocky.' The center of Plate VII shows one type of blocky roof. ..."
2. County Reports and Maps: Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan Counties by George Perry Grimsley (1916)
"15 Shaly red sandstone 65 Light-brown sandstone with some green at top 95 Red
and green flaggy sandstone 30 Red blocky and shaly sandstone 35 Light-brown ..."
3. Pictures of Travel by Charles Harvey Genung, Heinrich Heine (1898)
"name's blocky because we're good friends, for his real name is Block. And his
wife of course is Madame Block, and she never could bear that her husband ..."
4. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Alfred John Jukes-Browne, William Hill (1903)
"S ' Soft grey chalk - - about 2 Firm greyish blocky chalk with siliceous Hard
grey chalk - 1 nodules, in beds divided by soft grey chalk - 2O Firm greyish ..."
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