block letter

noun

: an often hand-drawn simple capital letter composed of strokes of uniform thickness

Examples of block letter in a Sentence

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Ice Spice’s varsity jacket featured the label’s name in block letters across the chest, as well as padded shoulders. Hannah Malach, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025 Beyoncé had revealed that she was gong on tour earlier in the day, teasing her 313 million followers with a video of a sign hanging over a desert floor that repeatedly lit up with the words 'COWBOY CARTER TOUR' in big bright block letters. Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Henning Elimar signed his surname in block letters in the bottom left-hand corner of Bridge and Stream. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 The city names were displayed in a retro poster underneath the headline ‘Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour’ in block letters with a couple of black-and-white images of the musician holding a banjo and rocking a cowboy hat while giving a wave. Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for block letter

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of block letter was in 1849

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“Block letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/block%20letter. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

block letter

noun
: an often hand-printed capital letter having all lines of equal thickness
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