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Woodblock

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A woodcut.
  2. 2
    A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
  3. 3
    A wooden block used as a printing form.

    "In 1569 Choe Bu’s grandson, Yu Hi-chun, published the book in a wood block edition at Jeongju, Pyeongan Province."

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wood + block.

Etymology 2

From wood + block.

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