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starting-block — [ startiŋblɔk ] n. m. • 1939; mot angl. « bloc pour partir » ♦ Anglic. Sport Dispositif formé de deux cales réglables sur lesquelles le sprinteur met ses pieds, au départ. Des starting blocks. Recomm. offic. bloc de départ. ● starting block,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
starting block — ► NOUN ▪ a shaped rigid block for bracing the feet of a runner at the start of a race … English terms dictionary
starting-block — s. m. Calço de partida para os corredores a pé. ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
Starting-block — Départ d un athlète sur les starting blocks … Wikipédia en Français
starting block — UK [ˈstɑː(r)tɪŋ ˌblɒk] / US [ˈstɑrtɪŋ ˌblɑk] noun [countable] Word forms starting block : singular starting block plural starting blocks one of a pair of small blocks against which a runner puts their feet at the start of a race … English dictionary
starting block — starting blocks N COUNT: usu pl Starting blocks are blocks which runners put their feet against to help them move quickly forward at the start of a race … English dictionary
starting block — noun block providing bracing for a runner s feet at start of a race • Hypernyms: ↑block * * * noun, pl ⋯ blocks [count] : a device that has two blocks for runners to put their feet on and push against at the start of a race sometimes used… … Useful english dictionary
starting block — start|ing block [ startıŋ ,blak ] noun count one of a pair of small blocks against which a runner puts their feet at the start of a race … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
starting block — noun a shaped rigid block for bracing the feet of a runner at the start of a race … English new terms dictionary
starting block — Track. a device used by runners, esp. sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular shaped blocks on each side for bracing the… … Universalium
