woodcut
noun
1 woodcut
A print made from a woodcut.
synonym: wood engraving.
Dutch: houtgraveerkunst
Polish: drzeworyt
2 woodcut
Engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints.
synonyms: wood block, wood engraving.
Roget 558:
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
etc.
591;
three-color process.
illustration,
illumination;
half tone;
photogravure;
vignette,
initial letter,
cul de lampe [Fr.],
tailpiece.
[person who inscribes on stone]
lapidary,
lapidarian.
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