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STARTING BLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does starting block mean?
• STARTING BLOCK (noun)
The noun STARTING BLOCK has 1 sense:
1. block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race
Familiarity information: STARTING BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("starting block" is a kind of...):
block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))
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