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woodcut
CIDE DICTIONARY
woodcut, n.
An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut , under Wood. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
woodcut, n.
1 a relief cut on a block of wood sawn along the grain.
2 a print made from this, esp. as an illustration in a book.
3 the technique of making such reliefs and prints.
1 a relief cut on a block of wood sawn along the grain.
2 a print made from this, esp. as an illustration in a book.
3 the technique of making such reliefs and prints.
THESAURUS
woodcut
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woodcut
Engraving
N engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian, insculptured, engraved, lapidary, sculpsit, imprimit.For further exploring for "woodcut" in Webster Dictionary Online