Word.ws English Dictionary

autoblock

autoblock noun: a technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.

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

Verb

autoblock (third-person singular simple present autoblocks, present participle autoblocking, simple past and past participle autoblocked)

  1. To use the autoblock technique.
  2. To automatically block.

Forms of autoblock

Noun
pluralautoblocks
alternative formauto-block
Verb
third-person singular presentautoblocks
present participleautoblocking
past participleautoblocked
pastautoblocked

Origin of autoblock

From auto- + block.

Questions about autoblock

What does autoblock mean?
Autoblock means a technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.
What part of speech is autoblock?
Autoblock can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of autoblock?
The plural of autoblock is autoblocks.

Words near autoblock in the dictionary

  1. autobiotinylated
  2. autobiotinylates
  3. autobiotinylating
  4. autobiotinylation
  5. autoblanking
  6. autoblock
  7. autoblocked
  8. autoblocking
  9. autoblocks
  10. autoboat
  11. autoboats

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “autoblock.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/autoblock. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.