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Definition building block in American English

building block noun

[countable] noun
1

one of a set of solid pieces of wood or plastic that young children play with

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2

one of the basic parts from which something is made and without which it cannot exist

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Laws are the building blocks of an orderly society.

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Definition building block in American English