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BLOCK AND TACKLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does block and tackle mean?

• BLOCK AND TACKLE (noun)
The noun BLOCK AND TACKLE has 1 sense:

1. pulley blocks with associated rope or cable

Familiarity information: BLOCK AND TACKLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BLOCK AND TACKLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pulley blocks with associated rope or cable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("block and tackle" is a kind of...):

hoist (lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects)

Meronyms (parts of "block and tackle"):

block; pulley; pulley-block (a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope)

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