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means A piece of wood carved in relief so that the raised surface, once inked, can be pressed onto paper to print an image or text repeatedly.

from A straightforward compound of 'wood' and 'block' — the word simply names the thing itself, a solid block of wood cut into for printing. Woodblock printing is one of the oldest printing technologies, developed in East Asia for printing on textiles and later paper centuries before movable type reached Europe; the English term followed the technique as it spread, naming the tool rather than borrowing a foreign word for it.