# woodblock

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #75,562

## Definitions
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
From wood + block.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/woodblock