woodblock
woodblock noun: a woodcut.
Noun
woodblock (plural woodblocks)
- 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.2006, Kim Tae Joon, “Literature from Exiles”, in Lee Kyong-hee, transl., Korean Travel Literature, Ewha Womans University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106
- Synonyms:
- woodcut
- The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.
Verb
woodblock (third-person singular simple present woodblocks, present participle woodblocking, simple past and past participle woodblocked)
woodblock meaning in Vietnamese
woodblock in Vietnamese
- printing form
- mộc bản
Synonyms of woodblock
Forms of woodblock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | woodblocks |
| alternative form | wood block |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | woodblocks |
| present participle | woodblocking |
| past participle | woodblocked |
| past | woodblocked |
Origin of woodblock
From wood + block.
Words formed from woodblock
Questions about woodblock
- What does woodblock mean?
- Woodblock means a woodcut.
- What is woodblock in Vietnamese?
- Woodblock in Vietnamese is mộc bản. See Woodblock meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is woodblock?
- Woodblock can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of woodblock?
- The plural of woodblock is woodblocks.
Words near woodblock in the dictionary
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