macroblock
noun
macroblock is a noun meaning “A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-C-R-O-B-L-O-C-K, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of macroblock is macroblocks.
What does macroblock mean?
noun
- 1
A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block
- 2
An area of a dig where there are multiple adjacent block excavations
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of macroblock
- macroblocks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is macroblock?
Macroblock appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Macroblock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense block of adjacent pixels:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | macrobloc |
| German | Macroblock |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does macroblock come from?
From macro- + block.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).