Translation

塊 / 角材 / ブロック

Meaning

Block is a noun for a solid piece of material, often with flat sides, such as a block of wood, stone, or ice. Do not confuse it with bloc, which means a political or economic group acting together.

Examples

• 子どもたちは木のブロックを積み上げました。
  The children stacked wooden blocks.
• 湖の水は大きな氷の塊になっていました。
  The lake water had frozen into a large block of ice.