Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woodblock printing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: wood-block- print-ing
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They adapted these ideas to woodblock printing. They used pear or jujube wood and cut the wood to the size of two book pages. They then smoothed and softened the wood by covering it with paste."
"Woodblock printing was first employed by the Chinese around a.d. 700, and movable type in the middle of the eleventh century. Even the indelible lampblack ink, which has been manufactured in the West under the misnomer “India ink,” […]"

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

movable type ukiyo-e

Frequently Paired Words

bokashi movable type ukiyo-e woodcut xylography

Synonyms

block printing

Questions

What does woodblock printing mean?: A technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

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