xylograph
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 25
- Words With Friends
- 26
- Letters
- 9
/ˈzaɪ.ləʊ.ɡɹɑːf/
(UK)
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/ˈzaɪ.ləʊ.ɡɹɑːf/ (UK) · /ˈzaɪ.lə.ɡɹɑːf/ (UK) · /ˈzaɪ.lə.ɡɹæf/ (US) · /ˈzaɪ.loʊ-/ (US) · /-ɡɹɑf/ (US)
Definition of xylograph
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
“First he collected a number of witnesses, including many old prints of the Guhyasamāja Tantra itself and old xylograph prints of the Pradipodyotana from the monasteries of Drepung, Tashilhunpo, Riwo Dangchen, and Nartang.”
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noun
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An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
“First he collected a number of witnesses, including many old prints of the Guhyasamāja Tantra itself and old xylograph prints of the Pradipodyotana from the monasteries of Drepung, Tashilhunpo, Riwo Dangchen, and Nartang.”
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A print taken from such an engraving.
“While Walter Gropius had had a reproduction of a xylograph from Lyonel Feininger reproduced on the Bauhaus movement's founding manifesto in 1919 – a symbolic image of a gothic cathedral that was comparatively traditional in both form […]”
“The restoration process brought to light a sarira box containing an artifact that rewrote that history: the oldest xylograph in the world, reproduced in ink from woodblocks with characters carved in relief, was found inside the box from the second […]”
verb
- (transitive)To make a print from an engraving in wood.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Back-formation from xylography, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graph.
Words you can make from xylograph
157 playable · top: HYRAX (18 pts)
Best play hyrax 18 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
26 words- PHLOX 17 pts
- PROXY 17 pts
- GLYPH 14 pts
- HAPLY 13 pts
- HARPY 13 pts
- PHYLA 13 pts
- HOAGY 12 pts
- GRAPH 11 pts
- GRAPY 11 pts
- HOARY 11 pts
- PORGY 11 pts
- PAYOR 10 pts
- RALPH 10 pts
- GLARY 9 pts
- GLORY 9 pts
- GYRAL 9 pts
- GALOP 8 pts
- HORAL 8 pts
- PARGO 8 pts
- ROYAL 8 pts
- PAROL 7 pts
- POLAR 7 pts
- ALGOR 6 pts
- ARGOL 6 pts
- GORAL 6 pts
- LARGO 6 pts
4-letter words
47 words- POXY 16 pts
- HOAX 14 pts
- ORYX 14 pts
- HYPO 12 pts
- YOGH 11 pts
- AHOY 10 pts
- GAPY 10 pts
- GYPO 10 pts
- HOLY 10 pts
- HOYA 10 pts
- HYLA 10 pts
- POGY 10 pts
- HARP 9 pts
- HOLP 9 pts
- OPAH 9 pts
- PALY 9 pts
- PLAY 9 pts
- PLOY 9 pts
- POLY 9 pts
- PRAY 9 pts
- PYRO 9 pts
- ROPY 9 pts
- AGLY 8 pts
- ARGH 8 pts
- GORY 8 pts
- GRAY 8 pts
- GYRO 8 pts
- LOGY 8 pts
- ORGY 8 pts
- YOGA 8 pts
- ARYL 7 pts
- GLOP 7 pts
- GORP 7 pts
- HALO 7 pts
- HARL 7 pts
- HOAR 7 pts
- HORA 7 pts
- LORY 7 pts
- PROG 7 pts
- LARP 6 pts
- OPAL 6 pts
- PRAO 6 pts
- PROA 6 pts
- AGRO 5 pts
- GAOL 5 pts
- GOAL 5 pts
- ORAL 4 pts
3-letter words
61 words- PYX 15 pts
- OXY 13 pts
- PAX 12 pts
- POX 12 pts
- GOX 11 pts
- HYP 11 pts
- LAX 10 pts
- LOX 10 pts
- RAX 10 pts
- GYP 9 pts
- HAY 9 pts
- HOY 9 pts
- YAH 9 pts
- HAP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- PAH 8 pts
- PAY 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- PLY 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- PRY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- GAY 7 pts
- GOY 7 pts
- HAG 7 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- YAG 7 pts
- GAP 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APO 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- AGO 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GOA 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LOG 4 pts
- ORG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
2-letter words
20 wordsHooks
2 extensions · 2 back
A single letter you can add to xylograph to make another valid word.
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