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building block

noun

  1. one of a set of cube-shaped blocks used by children to make simple constructions.
  2. a basic element or component:

    the building blocks of proteins.



building block

noun

  1. a block of stone or other material, larger than a brick, used in building
  2. a component that fits with others to form a whole

    standardized software building blocks

  3. another name for (the child's toy) block
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of building block1

First recorded in 1840–50
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“The reason the public pays attention to this group, especially locally, is because the community has invested in the building blocks of democracy.”

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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.

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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?”

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He further argued that concept cells were fundamental components, or building blocks, of declarative memory.

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It has been lost in pursuit for more speed and its rediscovery was a vital building block.

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