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woodblock en · NOUN

Etymology

From wood + block.

Meanings

1. A woodcut.
2. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
3. A 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:
4. The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

Forms

Deriveds

woodblock printing · woodblockist

Synonyms

woodcut

Translations (6)

ug ياغاچ بەتى (printing form) · cs štoček (printing form) · ca xilografia (printing form) · nl houtsnede (printing form) · pl klocek drzeworytowy (printing form) · vi mộc bản (printing form)

woodblock en · VERB

Etymology

From wood + block.

Meanings

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

Forms