woodblock

English

noun
Definitions
  • A woodcut.
  • (musical instrument) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
  • (printing) A wooden block used as a printing form.
  • (philately) The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

Etymology

Compound from English wood (mad, insane, wild, furious) + English block (block of flats, n).

Origin

English

block

Gloss

block of flats, n

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