"block book" meaning in All languages combined

See block book on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: block books [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} block book (plural block books)
  1. (historical) A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable type. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-block_book-en-noun-2xPow0zN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable type."
      ],
      "id": "en-block_book-en-noun-2xPow0zN",
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "engraved",
          "engraved"
        ],
        [
          "wooden",
          "wooden"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "movable type",
          "movable type"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable type."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "block book"
}

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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "block book (plural block books)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable type."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "engraved",
          "engraved"
        ],
        [
          "wooden",
          "wooden"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "movable type",
          "movable type"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable type."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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