blocklike

See also: block-like

English

Alternative forms

• block-like

Etymology

Etymology tree

English block

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-West Germanic *-līk

Old English -līċ

Middle English -like

English -like

English blocklike

From block + -like.

Adjective

blocklike (comparative more blocklike, superlative most blocklike)

1. Having an oblong shape
   • 2009 January 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Tilting at Windmills, but Not at Traditions, in Performance From Maryinsky”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 June 2025:

     […] the dim, tall, blocklike shadows behind the trees make it start to look, weirdly, as if this were Central Park as painted by Vuillard.