Woodcut vs. Engraving

Woodcutnoun

(countable) An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.

Woodcutnoun

(uncountable) A method of printmaking from such a block.

Woodcutnoun

(countable) A print produced with this method.

Woodcutnoun

An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.

Woodcutnoun

an engraving made from a woodcut

Woodcutnoun

engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints

Woodcut

Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.

Engravingnoun

The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

Engravingnoun

(printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

Engravingnoun

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

Engravingnoun

(music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

Engravingnoun

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

Engravingnoun

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

Engravingnoun

An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

Engravingnoun

a print made from an engraving

Engravingnoun

a block or plate that has been engraved

Engravingnoun

making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called .