"block letter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: block letters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} block letter (plural block letters)
  1. A letter written in clear, unjoined handwriting. Tags: plural-normally Related terms: block capital Translations (hand-written capital): tikkukirjain (Finnish), Blockbuchstabe [masculine] (German), handgeschriebener Großdruckbuchstabe [masculine] (German), huruf cetak (Indonesian), blokkbokstav [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blokkbokstav [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), drukowana litera [feminine] (Polish), прописна́я печа́тная бу́ква (propisnája pečátnaja búkva) [feminine] (Russian), печа́тная бу́ква (pečátnaja búkva) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-block_letter-en-noun-CQLKT07e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "tikkukirjain"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "handgeschriebener Großdruckbuchstabe"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "hand-written capital",
          "word": "huruf cetak"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "hand-written capital",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "hand-written capital",
      "word": "tikkukirjain"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hand-written capital",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Blockbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hand-written capital",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handgeschriebener Großdruckbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hand-written capital",
      "word": "huruf cetak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hand-written capital",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blokkbokstav"
    },
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "hand-written capital",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blokkbokstav"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hand-written capital",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      ],
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