Block
How words are described
| old | old block | old lock |
| good | good block | good lock |
| special | special block | special lock |
| long | long block | long lock |
| Other adjectives: similar, solid, single, large, big, enormous, huge, slow, black, psychic, secret, key, white, new, final, extra, different, red, timed. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Doors will close behind you and lock, walls will crumble and block a pathway behind you, or you descend slopes or walls that are too sleep to climb back up again.
Source: Point of No Return - Tetris clone NullpoMino has several rotation rulesets in which pieces lock upon falling onto the floor or a block.
Source: Press Start to Game Over - Also, adblock is sophisticated enough to allow you to block specific pieces of content which gets around how some sites try to lock you out.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life
Cite this Source
Lock and Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/lock
Block & Lock. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/lock>.
Lock or Block. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/lock.
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