woodblock

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noun

A woodcut.

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nounwoodblock (plural woodblocks)

plural woodblocks · alternative wood block

  1. entertainmentA percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
  2. mediaA wooden block used as a printing form.

    In 1569 Choe Bu’s grandson, Yu Hi-chun, published the book in a wood block edition at Jeongju, Pyeongan Province.

    2006, Kim Tae Joon, “Literature from Exiles”, in Lee Kyong-hee, transl., Korean Travel Literature, Ewha Womans University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106

    Synonyms: woodcut

  3. hobbiesThe emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.
verbwoodblock (third-person singular simple present woodblocks, present participle woodblocking, simple past and past participle woodblocked)

present singular third person woodblocks · participle present woodblocking · participle past woodblocked · past woodblocked · alternative wood block

  1. To print with a woodcut.
  2. To floor or pave with blocks of wood.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA wooden block used as a printing form.

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Translations

Catalan xilografia
  • xilografiaprinting form
Czech štoček
  • štočekprinting form
Dutch houtsnede
  • houtsnedeprinting form
Polish klocek drzeworytowy
  • klocek drzeworytowyprinting form
Vietnamese mộc bản
  • mộc bảnprinting form

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