English Explanatory Dictionary

woodblock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  4. The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.
verb
  1. To print with a woodcut.
  2. To floor or pave with blocks of wood.

Word forms

woodblock woodblocks wood block woodblocking woodblocked

Etymology

From wood + block.

Synonyms

woodcut

Derived words

woodblockist woodblock printing
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