woodblock
See also: wood-block and wood block
English
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Woodblocks (2)
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Woodblock (3)
Alternative forms
- wood block
Etymology
wood + block
Noun
woodblock (plural woodblocks)
- A woodcut.
- (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
- (printing) A wooden block used as a printing form.
- Synonym: woodcut
- (philately) The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.
Derived terms
- woodblockist
- woodblock printing
Translations
printing form
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Further reading
wood block on Wikipedia.Wikipedia