Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenji block

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ten-ji block
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of walkway paving tile, consisting of a dot array block and a line stack block, used to inform visually impaired pedestrians of a route (lined path) and danger ahead (dotted threshold).

Etymology

From Japanese 点字ブロック (tenji burokku), from Japanese 点字 (tenji, “Braille”) + English block.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 点字ブロック, 点字

Inflected Forms

tenji blocks (plural)

Phrases

bumpy pavement

Frequently Paired Words

bumpy pavement

Synonyms

tactile paving slab tactile paving tactile paver tactile ground surface indicator tactile walking surface indicator detectable warning surface braille block

Questions

What does tenji block mean?: A type of walkway paving tile, consisting of a dot array block and a line stack block, used to inform visually impaired pedestrians of a route (lined path) and danger ahead (dotted threshold).
Where does tenji block come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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