wood block

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   engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints

   Synonymswoodcutwood engraving

   Broaderengraving

Questions about wood block

What does wood block mean?

wood block means "engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints".

What is another word for wood block?

Close synonyms include woodcut, wood engraving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wood block a common word?

wood block is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.