woodcut

🇬🇧 UK/'wudkʌt/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A print made from an engraved block of wood; the technique or the block itself used in printmaking.

木刻版画;木刻印版

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
woodother
+
cutother
=woodcut

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The antique store displayed a beautiful woodcut from nineteenth century Japan.

  • 2.

    German artists mastered the art of woodcut printing during the Renaissance.

  • 3.

    This woodcut technique allows artists to create dramatic black and white images.

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