chock
Block preventing roll
A chock is a wedge or block placed against something to prevent movement—typically under wheels or around cargo: Put chocks under the tires before you jack up the car.
As a verb, to chock is to secure with such blocks.
The adverb chock means tightly packed or completely full, appearing mainly in combinations: chock-full, chock-a-block.
Thin piece for leveling
- doorstopKeeps entryways ajar
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- quoinAngled masonry block
spacer · stopper · prop · jam · keystone · tapered · plinth · carpentry
Protected from harm
Shoe spike for grip
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- fairleadRope-guiding fitting
- capstanVertical rotating hauling device
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
fender · line · bollard · deck · harbor · jetty · marina · pier
shim
Thin piece for leveling
quoin · spacer · stopper · prop · jam · keystone · tapered · plinth · carpentry · woodworking
secure
Protected from harm
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
anchor · clamp · fasten · fix · lock · grip · hold · brake · halt · steady
cleat
Shoe spike for grip
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- fairleadRope-guiding fitting
- capstanVertical rotating hauling device
dock · fender · line · bollard · deck · harbor · jetty · marina · pier · quay
prop
Support or stage item
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- strutProud, showy gait
shore · reinforcement · mount · stand · bearing · base · pedestal · foundation · truss · bracket
packed
Filled to capacity
overflowing · jammed · loaded · bursting · teeming · replete · saturated · chockablock · brimful
- Boating Gearanchor chain, bilge pump, boat hook, bow light, bow line
- ship equipmentbilge pump, ballast, capstan, cargo crane, main engine
- Wedgeswedge, door wedge, shim, cheese wedge, lemon wedge
- longwall miningshearer, chocks, coal face, coalface, gob
- Carrier Aviationflight deck, tailhook, catapult, carrier deck, deck crew
- climbing gearcarabiners, chalk bag, chalk, rope, crash pad
- chock fullFilled to maximum capacity
- chock a blockExtremely crowded together
- wheel chockBlock preventing vehicle roll