breechblock
English
noun
Definitions
- (firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.
Etymology
Compound from English breech + English block (block of flats, n).
Origin
English
block
Gloss
block of flats, n
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoblock English
- backblock English
- block English
- block length English
- blockable English
- blockade English
- blockage English
- blockboard English
- blockbuster English
- blockbusting English
- blockchain English
- blockee English
- blocker English
- blockface English
- blockfield English
- blockfront English
- blockful English
- blockhead English
- blockheaded English
- blockhole English
- blockhouse English
- blockish English
- blocklayer English
- blocklaying English
- blocklike English
- blocklist English
- blocklong English
- blockmaker English
- blockmaking English
- blockquote English
- blockscape English
- blockship English
- blocksize English
- blockstone English
- blockwide English
- blockwise English
- blockwork English
- blockworthy English
- blocky English
- boot block English
- bootblock English
- breech English
- breechcloth English
- breechclout English
- breechless English
- breechloader English
- cellblock English
- cinderblock English
- cockblock English
- cryoblock English
- deblock English
- diblock English
- docblock English
- flatblock English
- geo-block English
- haploblock English
- headblock English
- hemiblock English
- houseblock English
- iceblock English
- interblock English
- jawblock English
- macroblock English
- megablock English
- metalloblock English
- microblock English
- midblock English
- multiblock English
- nanoblock English
- netblock English
- nonbreech English
- pentablock English
- permablock English
- preblock English
- pseudoblock English
- pushblock English
- quakebreech English
- reblock English
- roadblock English
- seroblock English
- sigblock English
- spamblock English
- stereoblock English
- stopblock English
- stumblingblock English
- subblock English
- sunblock English
- superblock English
- tailblock English
- textblock English
- triblock English
- unblock English
- unbreech English
- woodblock English
- bloc French
- block Spanish, Castilian
- ブロック Japanese
- blok Middle English
- breche Middle English
- bloc Irish
- blokovat Czech
- block Manx
- ဘလောက် Burmese
- block Middle Low German
- 블록 Korean
- block
- breech
- blocky
- blocker
- blockee
- deblock
- reblock
- diblock
- unblock
- jawblock
- midblock
- blockage
- subblock
- blockish
- blockful
- sunblock
- triblock
- preblock
- sigblock
- netblock
- blockade
- docblock
- unbreech
- iceblock
- blocksize
- tailblock
- blocklist
- blockface
- cryoblock
- bootblock
- backblock
- blocklike
- blockship
- pushblock
- stopblock
- megablock
- cellblock
- blockwide
- blockhead
- nonbreech
- spamblock
- blockwise
- woodblock
- flatblock
- blocklong
- hemiblock
- blockwork
- textblock
- geo-block
- nanoblock
- headblock
- seroblock
- autoblock
- blockable
- roadblock
- blockhole
- cockblock
- blockfront
- permablock
- blockmaker
- interblock
- blockhouse
- blockscape
- blockquote
- blockfield
- boot block
- houseblock
- superblock
- macroblock
- microblock
- haploblock
- pentablock
- blockchain
- blocklayer
- blockboard
- multiblock
- breechless
- blockstone
- blocklaying
- stereoblock
- quakebreech
- blockmaking
- cinderblock
- breechclout
- breechcloth
- blockworthy
- blockbuster
- pseudoblock
- blockheaded
- blockbusting
- block length
- breechloader
- metalloblock
- stumblingblock