WRITER'S BLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does writer's block mean? 

• WRITER'S BLOCK (noun)
  The noun WRITER'S BLOCK has 1 sense:

1. an inability to write

  Familiarity information: WRITER'S BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITER'S BLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inability to write

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

he had writer's block; the words wouldn't come

Hypernyms ("writer's block" is a kind of...):

block; mental block (an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension)