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Meanings of chock (chocks) in English

Portuguese
cunha
Catalan
falca

A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object.

cunha

As completely as possible.

Synonyms
Examples for "chock-a-block"
Examples for "chock-a-block"
1
The three-laned roads are chock-a-block with every mode of transport.
The Guardian
2
The boat was chock-a-block with people, all of them English.
Notes from a Small Island
3
I had to park around the corner; our small cul-de-sac was chock-a-block with machinery.
The Irish Times
4
Why is the heath on which Lear does his roaring so chock-a-block with people?
The Guardian
5
The main route to the north end of Cebu is a single-lane carriageway chock-a-block with vehicles.
The Irish Times
Usage of chocks in English
1
The boat needed just that impetus to free her from the chocks.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
2
Their only other boat was a spare one, lashed amidships on chocks.
South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure
3
Those that knocked the chocks out from under that heap of logs?
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
4
Lollee brought out wheel chocks and put them under the fat tires.
Genellan: planetfall
5
The schooner's spare boat was in chocks between the foremast and the main.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
6
He then sounded, making the line whiz as it passed through the chocks.
Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea
7
Use your jams as chocks to exploit small fluctuations in width.
Rock and Ice Magazine
8
The bilge chocks is both pulled off; look you, they're gone away astern.
The Romance of the Coast
9
When there are no housing-chocks the ordinary chocking-quoins may be used as such.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. / 1866. Fourth...
10
She was quite empty and lay high and dry on three low chocks.
The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern Italy
11
He kicked down the anchor chocks and moved around to study the rack.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
12
We had maintenance guys throwing chocks under the wheel but it kept on moving.
BBC
13
Always use long runners on cams and chocks that aren't placed in a direct line.
Rock and Ice Magazine
14
Think of it as the chocks under a wheel of an airplane, Dr Golledge says.
Radio NZ
15
If only God would have watched out for me all the way to the chocks.
Riding rockets
16
Overboard with everything now, for beaching, capstan, chocks and all-theswell will wash them in.
The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern Italy
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Translations for chocks
Portuguese
cunha
Chocks through the time