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Meaning of block printing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.
    uncountable
  2. Synonym of woodblock printing.
    uncountable

Examples

“This invention seems never to have been developed to any practical application in superseding block-printing.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

block section block signal block system block tackle block teaching block time

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