noun
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a design cut in relief on linoleum mounted on a wooden block
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a print made from such a design
Etymology
Origin of linocut
First recorded in 1905–10; lino(leum) + cut
Example Sentences
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They created linocut portraits of the residents facing displacement and wrote their stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Dillyn Adamo discovered that adapting her favorite medium of linocut printmaking to pieces of the forest made her feel closer to nature.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
She’s also selling four linocut prints on her Bandcamp page that tie into “Ecdysis,” which was funded with a grant from the Prince George’s County Arts and Humanities Council.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2020
Two works depict urban infrastructure: a monoprint of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, by Rachel Burgess, and a linocut of a power line, by Ondine Wolfe Crispin.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2017
Scottish rock singer Edwyn Collins used a linocut of a salmon for the sleeve of his album, Understated.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2013
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