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Engraving

To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.

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📖 Definitions of "Engraving"

verb

1
To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
"He engraved the plaque with his name."
2
To carve (something) into a material.
"He engraved his name."

verb

1
To put in a grave, to bury.

noun

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

🔄 Synonyms of "Engraving"

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Word	Definition
etchingnoun	(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Engraving"

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Word	Definition
etchingnoun	(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
mezzotintnoun	An etching or print made using this method.
stipplenoun	(painting) The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
printmakingnoun	The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.
sculpturenoun	(countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
picturenoun	A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
carvingnoun	The act or craft of producing a carved object.
printingnoun	(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
recordernoun	(music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
printnoun	(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
burnernoun	An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.
stampnoun	A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
chopnoun	A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
sealnoun	A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
printsnoun	(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
inscriptionnoun	Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
intaglionoun	A design or piece of art which is engraved or etched into something.
chiselingnoun	Alternative form of chiselling. [A piece of work produced using a chisel.]
incisionnoun	A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.
incisingverb	(transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.