ALL meanings of starting block
starting block
S s - noun starting block athletics: foot-positioning device 1
- noun starting block a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet. 1
- countable noun starting block Starting blocks are blocks which runners put their feet against to help them move quickly forward at the start of a race. 0
- noun starting block one of a pair of adjustable devices with pads or blocks against which a sprinter braces his or her feet in crouch starts 0