BLOCKY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blocky mean? 

• BLOCKY (adjective)
  The adjective BLOCKY has 1 sense:

1. resembling a block in shape

  Familiarity information: BLOCKY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOCKY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a block in shape

Synonyms:

blockish; blocky

Similar:

cubic; three-dimensional (having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions)

Derivation:

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

block (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)

 Context examples 

The deposits are scattered across the moon’s dark volcanic plains and are characterized by a mixture of smooth, rounded, shallow mounds next to patches of rough, blocky terrain.

(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)