plural of block ornament

chopping block

simple past tense and past participle of chump-block

Alternative spelling of chump block

(programming) whose scope is limited to a block

A vote cast by a representative or delegate on behalf of a group of people, having a voting weight proportional to the size of the group.

(computing theory) A block of memory associated with another block and able to be merged with it, in the system of buddy memory allocation.

The reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, etc. at one time.

(transitive) To book (reserve in advance) a large number of (hotel rooms, tickets, etc.) at one time.

(nautical) To hoist to the yardarm. / (nautical, colloquial) To rearrange (one's clothing) to make it look more tidy.