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Explore Woodcut through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like engraving. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Woodcut meaning

  1. An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.
  2. A method of printmaking from such a block.
  3. A print produced with this method.

Synonyms of Woodcut

wood engraving engraving wood block

Using Woodcut

  • The main meaning on this page is: An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form. | A method of printmaking from such a block. | A print produced with this method.
  • Useful related words include: wood engraving, engraving, wood block.
  • In the example corpus, woodcut often appears in combinations such as: woodcut of, the woodcut, and woodcut.

Context around Woodcut

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Woodcut

  • In this selection, "woodcut" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, french, coast, english, prints, art and contemporary stand out and add context to how "woodcut" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a french woodcut a bearded and a later woodcut of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "woodcut" sits close to words such as acadiana, adjoint and affixes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with woodcut

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

He further developed his woodcut and lithographic technique. (8 words)

Woodcut of flagellants from the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493. (9 words)

There is a raw and gritty quality to linocut and woodcut art. (12 words)

Altdorfer made etchings of the interior of the synagogue and designed a woodcut of the cult image of the Schöne Maria. citation In 1529–1530 he was also charged with reinforcing certain city fortifications in response to the Turkish threat. (40 words)

Decem praecepta Wittenbergensi populo praedicta, Martin Luther The 1550 edition of Sebastian Münster 's Cosmographia contains a woodcut of a dowser with forked rod in hand walking over a cutaway image of a mining operation. (35 words)

Course of events after 1564 Woodcut of Theodore Beza As Calvin's successor, Beza was very successful, not only in carrying on his work but also in giving peace to the Church at Geneva. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

The charming text is accompanied by the author’s own striking lino and woodcut prints, beautiful and though-provoking interpretations of the flora and fauna she observed on her travels.

There is a raw and gritty quality to linocut and woodcut art.

This anti-Semitic propaganda is reflected in a French woodcut: A bearded man holds a small sack in his hand, which he is about to drop into a well.

Woodcut of flagellants from the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493.

Washington artist Yoshiko Yamamoto’s work is included in a group show entitled “West Coast Woodcut: Contemporary Relief Prints by Regional Artists” on view through Nov. 15, 2019.

A 17th-century English woodcut called the Mowing-Devil depicts the devil with a scythe mowing (cutting) a circular design in a field of oats.

Agricola also calls the tenor "altus," mistakenly depicting it as a little smaller than the tenor in the woodcut (above, middle right).

Altdorfer made etchings of the interior of the synagogue and designed a woodcut of the cult image of the Schöne Maria. citation In 1529–1530 he was also charged with reinforcing certain city fortifications in response to the Turkish threat.

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An early example of this ambiguity would be the woodcut entitled The Thrower, also known as Metalec (The Metal Worker).

An etching is opposite of a woodcut in that the raised portions of an etching remain blank while the crevices hold ink.

Another variation of woodcut printmaking is the cukil technique, made famous by the Taring Padi underground community in Java, Indonesia.

Background A later woodcut of the defenestration in 1618 The window (top floor) where the second defenestration occurred.

Course of events after 1564 Woodcut of Theodore Beza As Calvin's successor, Beza was very successful, not only in carrying on his work but also in giving peace to the Church at Geneva.

Decem praecepta Wittenbergensi populo praedicta, Martin Luther The 1550 edition of Sebastian Münster 's Cosmographia contains a woodcut of a dowser with forked rod in hand walking over a cutaway image of a mining operation.

During this period he also completed two woodcut series, the Great Passion and the Life of the Virgin, both published in 1511 together with a second edition of the Apocalypse series.

Engraving was much more expensive than woodcut, and engraved cards must have been relatively unusual.

He created detailed illustrations of anatomy for students in the form of six large woodcut anatomical posters.

He further developed his woodcut and lithographic technique.

Here he produced a woodcut of St Jerome as a frontispiece for Nicholaus Kessler's 'Epistolare beati Hieronymi'.

His best works in the first years of the workshop were his woodcut prints, mostly religious, but including secular scenes such as The Men's Bath House (ca. 1496).

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Common combinations with woodcut

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "woodcut" in a sentence?
An example: "The charming text is accompanied by the author’s own striking lino and woodcut prints, beautiful and though-provoking interpretations of the flora and fauna she observed on her travels." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "woodcut" from authentic English texts.
What does "woodcut" mean?
Woodcut means: An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.
What are synonyms of "woodcut"?
Common synonyms of "woodcut" include: wood engraving, engraving, wood block.
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