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building block

noun

block ( def 2 ).
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

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

First recorded in 1840–50

Such practices are hardly surprising in themselves—working for nothing seems to be a key building block of the new economy.

We also consider the family unit to be the fundamental building block of society.

It is a building block of protein and found in large amounts in the brain, retina, heart, and blood platelets.

It was the first British paper he bought, back in 1969, a key building block in what would become a global empire.

But the early white settlers had firearms and skill in building block-houses, so they took to the valleys near wood and water.

I was shown in Virginia City a building block of land that rents for ten times what it cost four years ago.

The little one wanted to play "catch," but Susy saw a great deal more sport in building block houses.

It includes law of that time which is the same, similar, or a building block to the law of today.

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