block printing

noun

A method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.

Similar
woodblock printing
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounblock printing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.
  2. uncountableSynonym of woodblock printing.

    This invention seems never to have been developed to any practical application in superseding block-printing.

    1883, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants

    Synonyms: woodblock printing

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of woodblock printing.

Similar
woodblock printing
Also see
woodblock printing
Cite this entry
APA

block printing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20printing

MLA

“block printing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20printing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “block printing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20printing.

Source: block printing on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.