- Building piece - Obstruct - Pulley system, ... and tackle - Shut out - Ward off - A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood,
stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane,
faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which
to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc. - The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay
their necks when they are beheaded.