woodblock

See also: wood-block and wood block

English

Woodblocks (2)

Woodblock (3)

Alternative forms

• wood block

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

4. (philately) The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

Derived terms

• woodblockist
• woodblock printing

Translations

printing form

• Catalan: xilografia (ca) f
• Czech: štoček (cs) m
• Dutch: houtsnede (nl) m or f
• Uyghur: ياغاچ بەتى (yaghach beti)
• Vietnamese: mộc bản (vi)

Further reading

• wood block on Wikipedia.Wikipedia