(sports) A shot that is grabbed or batted away by an opposing player before it reaches the basket, goal, etc.

A wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food etc. / (historical, informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading.

(nautical) A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

present participle of put on the block

(slang) To sell something. / (euphemistic) To execute by beheading.

(nautical) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, used in swaying and lowering the topmast.

A large double-cavity concrete brick.

(fashion) A simplified head model used to display wigs.

The metal casting that contains the piston cylinders of an engine.

Alternative form of pillow block