ülemine või alumine tervikstants, millesse on töödeldud stantsi vaod stantsimiseks stantsimisvasaratel või -pressidel, a block into which desired impressions are machined or sunk and from which closed-die forgings are produced using hammers or presses; die blocks are usually used in pairs, with part of the impression in in one one of the blocks and the rest of the impression in the other
