- linoleum block
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a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
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Universalium. 2010.
linoleum block
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linoleum-block printing — noun : relief printing from a carved linoleum block compare block print … Useful english dictionary
linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints … Useful english dictionary
Linoleum block — Линогравюра; Клише на линолеуме … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Linoleum-block printing — Печатание линогравюр; печатание с клише на линолеуме … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
linoleum cut — , linocut, or lino cut A linoleum block or plate used for making relief prints. Linoleum is a durable, washable material formerly used more for flooring as vinyl flooring is used today. It is usually backed with burlap or canvas, and may be … Glossary of Art Terms
block — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, Dutch auction, afterthought, agate, agnosia, apply to, aquatint, arm, arrest, auction, auction block, auction sale, autolithograph, ax, balk, ball, bar, barricade, barrier, baseball bat, bat, batch, battery,… … Moby Thesaurus
block — [bläk] n. [ME blokke < OFr bloc & MDu block < IE * bhlugo < base * bhel , a thick plank, beam > BALK, Gr phalanx, L fulcrum] 1. any large, solid piece of wood, stone, or metal, often with flat surfaces 2. a blocklike stand or platform … English World dictionary
block — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English blok, from Middle French & Middle Dutch; Middle French bloc, from Middle Dutch blok; akin to Old High German bloh block Date: 14th century 1. a compact usually solid piece of substantial… … New Collegiate Dictionary
block printing — Printing methods in which a block of wood, linoleum or some other material s surface is carved so that an image can be printed from it uncarved areas receiving ink which transfers to another surface when the block is pressed against it. Also… … Glossary of Art Terms
block paper — noun : paper printed with a pattern usually in color from blocks (as of wood or linoleum) and used especially as wallpaper or for endpapers or box covers … Useful english dictionary
