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wood-block

noun

Meaning

  1. A woodcut.
  2. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
  3. A wooden block used as a printing form.
  4. The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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