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# blocky

adjective (blocky, blockier, blockiest)

«blocky» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Made of block shapes, with square edges and corners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#m1)
2. Looking chunky and not smooth or detailed, like the pictures in some video games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#m2)

### In the lessons

In art and computing lessons it describes pictures made of big squares or pixels, like in Minecraft-style games. In design and technology it describes models made of building blocks. It tells the reader a shape is square and chunky.

### Examples

- The game has blocky trees and square clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#x1)
- My drawing looked blocky because I used a ruler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#x2)
- The old computer made blocky pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#x3)
- We built a blocky castle out of building bricks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#x4)
- The robot had a blocky head and arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#x5)
- When you zoom in too far, the photo gets blocky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#x6)
- Her handwriting is blocky and upright. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/#x7)

### Note

Adjective made from «block» + -y. Comparatives: blockier, blockiest (y → i). Informal-ish, but fine in description. Similar words: chunky, pixelated, square.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blocky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blocky/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blocky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blocky.html) on Mova free.