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woodblock

[woo d-blok]
noun
  1. a block of wood engraved in relief, for printing from; woodcut.
  2. a print or impression from such a block.
  3. a hollow block of hard wood struck with a wooden stick or mallet and used in the percussion section of an orchestra.
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adjective
  1. made from a woodblock: woodblock prints.
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Origin of woodblock

First recorded in 1830–40; wood1 + block
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

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Historical Examples of woodblock

  • Nothing is certain except that woodblock work was at a 16 particularly low ebb.

    John Baptist Jackson

    Jacob Kainen

  • This was sometimes applied with woodblock or stencil but most often it was simply painted in by hand over a blockprinted outline.

  • In old pictures and woodblock engravings some curious illustrations are met with showing Englishwomen using the distaff.