rectangular block

collocation in English

meaningsofrectangularandblock

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rectangular
adjective
uk
/rekˈtæŋ.ɡjə.lər/us
/rekˈtæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
shaped like ...
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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 ofrectangularandblockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Four arenas were filmed simultaneously by arranging them in arectangularblock.
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The test case is to construct the hand posture to grasp arectangularblockwith five fingers.
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Its plan is that of arectangularblock.
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A dentil (rectangularblock) course tops these wings.
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A dentil (rectangularblock) course encircles the lobby.
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This house was arectangularblockof seven bays with three storeys.
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It consisted of arectangularblockmeasuring about 16.8 m by or so.
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Despite the floor plan, the building appears from the exterior as arectangularblock.
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The complex is a single tallrectangularblockof 5 storeys, above a basement.
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The apse, in a solidrectangularblockshape, was at the east end.
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The rocket consists of a steel cylinder, containing arectangularblockof the propellant.
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It was on arectangularblock, with the diamond tilted somewhat counterclockwise relative to the streets.
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Monumental in scale, therectangularblockstands three stories in height.
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The house consists of arectangularblockwith a wing to the rear.
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It is a two-story, three-bayrectangularblockwith a one-story, three-bay wing.
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The stadium was on arectangularblocknear the downtown area.
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It consists of a two-storyrectangularblockwith a one-story wing and one-story rear ells.
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A part of this roughlyrectangularblockis buried, probably to a depth of ten to twelve feet.
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The original section consists of a 13-bayrectangularblockflanked by projecting wings, five bays on the sides.
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It consists of a centralrectangularblockwith a pedimented gable roof and smaller flanking recessed wings.
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The original mouse was essentially arectangularblockof varying beige and gray color and profile for about a decade.
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The extension was planned as arectangularblock, in two unequal parts (the second part was never built).
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A heavy, ornate cornice with a dentil (rectangularblock) course and carved anthemion motifs tops the building.
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It is approximately 4ft m long x convert x 18 in high, being arectangularblockof granite, with circular depressions on the uppermost surface.
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The original plan of the house was very simple, a mainrectangularblock, three floors high, 7 bays long, 5 bays wide.
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