woodblock

See also: wood-block and wood block

English

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Etymology

From wood +‎ block.

Noun

woodblock (plural woodblocks)

  1. A woodcut.
  2. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
  3. (printing) A wooden block used as a printing form.
    Synonym: woodcut
    • 2006, Kim Tae Joon, “Literature from Exiles”, in Lee Kyong-hee, transl., Korean Travel Literature‎[1], Ewha Womans University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:
      In 1569 Choe Bu’s grandson, Yu Hi-chun, published the book in a wood block edition at Jeongju, Pyeongan Province.
  4. (philately) The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

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Verb

woodblock (third-person singular simple present woodblocks, present participle woodblocking, simple past and past participle woodblocked)

  1. To print with a woodcut.
  2. To floor or pave with blocks of wood.

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