Noun

(en noun)

a group of voters or politicians who share common goals

a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc

in specific contexts 'the bloc' may refer to:

# the countries in the Eurozone

# the countries in the European Union

Noun

(en noun)

blob (vague amorphous mass of stuff)

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, year=2005 , author=Timothy Kandler Beal , title=Roadside religion: in search of the sacred, the strange, and the substance of faith , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=183 , passage=At the top of each is a piece of broken glass embedded in a blop of concrete. }}

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, year=2007 , author= Mark Haskell Smith , title= Moist: A Novel? , chapter= citation , isbn=0802143350, 9780802143358 , page=123 , passage=He poured a cup of the thick institutional brew, stirred in a packet of chemical sweetener and a blop of Irish creme- flavored nondairy additive...}}