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shortblock

shortblock is the alternative form of short block.

Meaning of short block

Noun

short block (plural short blocks)

  1. An engine subassembly comprising the portion of the cylinder block below the cylinder head gasket but above the oil pan (and including neither).

Forms of shortblock

pluralshortblocks

Questions about shortblock

What is shortblock the alternative form of?
Shortblock is the alternative form of short block.

Words near shortblock in the dictionary

  1. shortbed
  2. shortbeds
  3. shortbill spearfish
  4. shortblade
  5. shortblades
  6. shortblock
  7. shortblocks
  8. shortboard
  9. shortboarder
  10. shortboarders
  11. shortboarding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shortblock (page history and authors); short block (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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