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building block
noun
- one of a set of cube-shaped blocks used by children to make simple constructions.
- a basic element or component:
the building blocks of proteins.
building block
noun
- a block of stone or other material, larger than a brick, used in building
- a component that fits with others to form a whole
standardized software building blocks
- another name for (the child's toy) block
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of building block1
Example Sentences
“The reason the public pays attention to this group, especially locally, is because the community has invested in the building blocks of democracy.”
One building block of this approach is the famous concept of a black box, where you know the inputs and outputs, but not what’s going on inside.
So that's the first bucket: “How are we addressing those costs, the foundational building blocks of the American dream, and what are we doing to tangibly lower those costs?”
He further argued that concept cells were fundamental components, or building blocks, of declarative memory.
It has been lost in pursuit for more speed and its rediscovery was a vital building block.
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