photoxylography

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noun

A process in which a photograph is printed on wood to use as a template for engraving

OriginEnglish xylography ← Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos →
Scrabble 39
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Meanings

nounphotoxylography (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA process in which a photograph is printed on wood to use as a template for engraving

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Englishxylography
  9. Englishphotoxylography

From photo- + xylography.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with photoxylography

photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
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APA

photoxylography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoxylography

MLA

“photoxylography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoxylography. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoxylography,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoxylography.

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