Block or block means a square or cube, or some things that are shaped like a square or cube--
You can walk; it's only a block away.
The baby can't reach the block he was playing with.
We should buy a block of ice to put in the pool.
Block also means to get in the way of someone or something, literally or figuratively--
Don't block the hall with your toys.
He has a bad case of writer's block.
Bloc or bloc ( rhymes with block ) means a set or group of nations, united for a purpose--
Many nations in the former communist bloc have changed their governments.
The oil-exporting nations form a powerful bloc.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"Conservatives in the communist bloc would like to block any further capitalist reforms.'
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