All chock synonyms
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- lump β a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- keystone β the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
- prong β one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- shim β a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- cotter β any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented
- batten β A batten is a long strip of wood that is fixed to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- metal β any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- wood β Grant, 1892β1942, U.S. painter.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- spur β a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- bollard β Bollards are short thick concrete posts that are used to prevent cars from going on to someone's land or on to part of a road.
verb chock
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- choke β When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- thrust β to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- guzzle β South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
- overeat β to eat too much: If you overeat, you're bound to get fat.
- compact β Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- slop β to spill or splash (liquid).
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- satiate β to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- slosh β to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- squash β to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- devour β If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
- heap β a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- ingurgitate β to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- gorge β to swallow, especially greedily.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- wolf β any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- gobble β to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- overfill β to fill too full, so as to cause overflowing.
- tamp β to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
- bundle β A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
- squish β to squeeze or squash.
- muster β to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- surge β a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- mass β the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- troop β an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- bunch β A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
- surfeit β excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- weight β the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- glut β to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
- freight β goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- top β Technical/Office Protocol