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woodcut

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English

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Heinrich Aldegrever, 1536, woodcut (1)
Albrecht Dürer, Rhinocerus, 1515, woodcut (3)

Etymology

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From wood +‎ cut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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woodcut (countable and uncountable, plural woodcuts)

  1. (countable) An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.
    Synonyms: woodblock, woodprint, xylograph
  2. (uncountable) A method of printmaking from such a block.
    Synonym: xylography
    Hypernym: relief printing
    Coordinate terms: linocut, metalcut, woodblock printing, wood engraving
  3. (countable) A print produced with this method.
    Synonyms: woodblock, xylograph

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