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auto-block

auto-block is the alternative form of autoblock.

Meaning of autoblock

Noun

autoblock (usually uncountable, plural autoblocks)

  1. (usually) A technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.
  2. (usually) (An) automatic blocking (inhibition of a feature etc.).
    • From the online vendor documentation, we determined that this version of the WatchGuard Firebox enabled an autoblock feature by default.2004, TechRepublic, IT security survival guide

See all 4 meanings of autoblock

Forms of auto-block

Noun
pluralauto-blocks
Verb
third-person singular presentauto-blocks
present participleauto-blocking
past participleauto-blocked
pastauto-blocked

Questions about auto-block

What is auto-block the alternative form of?
Auto-block is the alternative form of autoblock.

Words near auto-block in the dictionary

  1. auto-away
  2. auto-ballaster
  3. auto-ballasters
  4. auto-battler
  5. auto-battlers
  6. auto-block
  7. auto-blocked
  8. auto-blocking
  9. auto-blocks
  10. auto-brewery syndrome
  11. auto-correction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auto-block (page history and authors); autoblock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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