engraving

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
2. (countable, uncountable) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
3. (countable) A print produced from an engraving.
4. (countable, uncountable) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

Verb

present participle and gerund of engrave

New

engrave

1. (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
2. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.

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Synonyms

carving

etching

print

sculpture

inscription

stamping

copperplate

copperplate engraving

cut

cutting

cutting out

drawing

embossing

epitaph

figure

form

gashing

glyptics

glyptography

gouge

grabbing

gravure

grubbing

inscribing

intaglio

mezzotint

mincing

pecking

plate

setting

shape

stamp

statue

tattooing

time

⌚

woodcut

wood engraving

writing

half tone

metal carving

plastic art

enchasing

glyptic art

biting

lithoglyptics

burning

chasing

chiseling

coinage

coining

Translations

gravure

incisione

gravura

grabado

prent

Schnitzerei

gravure

Stich

gravat

Statue

Bildhauerei

Gravur

Etymology

By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.