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
The prints are listed primarily as serigraph, also known as silk-screen, or relief, which includes woodcut and linocut.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
Matisse created white-on-black linocut prints for the book, among which is a simple, rather benign bull’s head rendered in white lines on a black rectangle.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015
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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