woodcut
English
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Heinrich Aldegrever, 1536, woodcut (1)
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Albrecht Dürer, Rhinocerus, 1515, woodcut (3)
Noun
woodcut (countable and uncountable, plural woodcuts)
- (countable) An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.
- (uncountable) A method of printmaking from such a block.
- Synonym: xylography
- Coordinate terms: linocut, metalcut, woodblock printing, wood engraving
- Hypernym: relief printing
- (countable) A print produced with this method.
Translations
method of printmaking
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print
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