"block capital" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: block capitals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} block capital (plural block capitals)
  1. A capital letter written by hand. Synonyms: block letter Translations (hand-written capital): tikkukirjain (Finnish), kione-lettyr bluick [masculine] (Manx), blokkbokstav [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blokkbokstav [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), drukowana litera [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-block_capital-en-noun-7uCZNRcC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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