Bloch

[ blok ]

noun

1. Ernest, 1880–1959, Swiss composer, in the U.S. after 1916.
2. Felix, 1905–83, Swiss physicist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1952.
3. Konrad E., 1912–2000, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1964.

Bloch

/ blɒk /

noun

1. BlochErnest18801959MUSSwissMUSIC: composer Ernest . 1880–1959, US composer, born in Switzerland, who found inspiration in Jewish liturgical and folk music: his works include the symphonies Israel (1916) and America (1926)
2. BlochFelix19051983MUSSwissSCIENCE: physicist Felix . 1905–83, US physicist, born in Switzerland: Nobel prize for physics (1952) for his work on the magnetic moments of atomic particles
3. BlochKonrad Emil19122000MUSGermanSCIENCE: chemist Konrad Emil . 1912–2000, US biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1964 for his work on fatty-acid metabolism
4. blɔk BlochMarc18861944MFrenchHISTORY: historianPOLITICS: resistance fighter Marc . 1886–1944, French historian and Resistance fighter; author of Feudal Society (1935) and Strange Defeat (1940), an essay on the fall of France: killed by the Nazis

Example Sentences

Bloch, who died in 2012, took special care to encourage kids — especially Moss.

From Los Angeles Times

"When they first brought it in, I was amazed," said Bloch, senior author of the study.

From Science Daily

Andrés turned to Sam Bloch, World Central Kitchen’s director of emergency response, who was googling “barges” to find a platform the group could load with pallets and drag to Gaza.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Bloch, who oversaw the building of the jetty and the arrival of the shipment, described the scene by phone from Oakland, Calif., after leaving Gaza.

From New York Times

"Time was of the essence, so we collected fossils much more rapidly than we could have done the science," Bloch said.

From Science Daily