woodblock in English

noun
1
a block of wood, especially one from which woodcut prints are made.
For the creation of one of these prints several woodblocks have to be carved, a key-block for the outlines and one block for each color.
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1. In both methods, the dimensions of the woodblock was limited by the girth of the tree.

2. An old funtion of Chinese woodblock printing was the production of the new-year prints nien-hua.

3. Agogo musical instrument of three boxes wooden percussion woodblock easy to play + gift beater + Gift message on a wooden plate free! NoisyWood

4. The traditional rumba instrumentation consists of three conga drums, Clave, and a woodblock or a hollowed out sugar cane

5. Castanets Such instruments as piano, drums, cymbals, xylophone, marimba, orchestra bells, chimes, Castanets, woodblock, and even tuned sleigh bells could be played from the organ keyboards.

6. Amongst the printer's tricks were embossing of the image, achieved by pressing an uninked woodblock on the paper to achieve effects, such as the textures of clothing patterns or fishing net.

7. Chintz was a calico either stained, painted or woodblock-printed. Originally made in Hyderabad, India, between 1600 and 1800, it was manufactured at scale by the Victorians, who liked that it could be wiped clean

8. Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues" Origin Japan Date 1767 Medium Color woodblock print; chuban Dimensions 28.6 × 21.1 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.) Credit Line Clarence Buckingham Collection Reference Number 1928.923