Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pulley-block

1 sense of pulley-block

Sense 1
pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block -- (a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope)
       => machine, simple machine -- (a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point)