square block

collocation in English

meaningsofsquareandblock

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square
adjective
uk
/skweər/us
/skwer/
having the shape of ...
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block
noun
uk
/blɒk/us
/blɑːk/
mainly US
the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town ...
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(Definition ofsquareandblockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsquare block

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Mounted on that pin was asquareblock.
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Covering asquareblock, the buildings enclosed an enormous central landscaped courtyard.
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It consists of asquareblocktopped with an octagonal shaft and an octagonal block.
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The torso is asquareblockwith hunched shoulders, crossed arms, and a belt.
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The cemetery spans just onesquareblockbut is the resting place of many thousands.
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A twenty-twosquareblockarea radiating from the crossroads is a state and federal historic district.
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The large (by) book has text written in asquareblockwith two columns of twenty lines each.
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Inside, the originalsquareblockon the north end is a one-room space with exposed rafters and floorboards above.
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We all know that the property concerned is an almostsquareblock, and there are lights to prevent traffic coming out at the wrong time into an exceedingly busy street.
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The school is housed in three buildings, the elementary school, middle school and high school, all located within asquareblockof one another.
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Suburban grids, however, often depart from the classicsquareblockand include long orthogonal blocks and sidewalks only on one side or none at all.
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At the center of the cave there are two benches and asquareblockof limestone that served as an altar during religious ceremonies.
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It is a residential and commercial project that will feature a tall sweeping spire and a clock, and will encompass an entire citysquareblock.
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The typical design of these houses was of a tallsquareblockof three storeys, set within a courtyard, with thick walls and battlements.
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The third stanza is a douzain, asquareblockof twelve lines of verse composed of pentameter quatrains with a rhyme scheme of abba.
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The latter is confirmed by large parallel-piped block, with various holes and channels, anchor blocks, and asquareblockhollowed out to form a circular liquid container.
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The reference library is an eight storeysquareblockdesigned around an open atrium above a public square that was designed to be entered from four sides.
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The new three-storey house took 10 years to complete and was designed as asquareblockwith four new pedimented facades and a large internal courtyard.
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Blacksod is of unusual design for a lighthouse, being asquareblockof a building with only a small conical lantern section on top of it which is painted white.
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