Usually means: Printed medieval book from woodblocks.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. block book: Merriam-Webster
  2. block-book: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. block book: Wordnik
  4. block book: Wiktionary
  5. Block book: Dictionary.com
  6. Block-book, Block book: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Block book: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Block book: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. block book: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Block book: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. block book: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (block book)

▸ noun:  (historical) A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable type.

Similar:
woodblock, block, blockmaking, block printing, woodcut, wood block, blockmaker, textblock, opisthograph, book form, more...

Opposite:
unblock book, open book, accessible book

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Similar:
woodblock, block, blockmaking, block printing, woodcut, wood block, blockmaker, textblock, opisthograph, book form, more...

Opposite:
unblock book, open book, accessible book



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