woodblock

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woodblock

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From wood + block.

noun woodblocks · wood block

A woodcut.
A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
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.
Similar: woodcut
The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

verb woodblocks · woodblocking · woodblocked · wood block

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

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@misc{woodblock_2026,
  title = {woodblock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/woodblock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}