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Woodblock

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A woodcut.
  2. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
  3. A wooden block used as a printing form.
  4. The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

Equivalents

العربيةالخشبة
4 more languages
Catalàxilografia
Češtinaštoček
Nederlandshoutsnede
Tiếng Việtmộc bản

Examples

“In 1569 Choe Bu’s grandson, Yu Hi-chun, published the book in a wood block edition at Jeongju, Pyeongan Province.”

CEFR level

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