engraving
Meaning of engraving
noun
- a print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
the scene is depicted in a contemporary engraving by William Hogarth
- cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.
my name was engraved on the ring
late 15th century (formerly also as ingrave ): from en-1, in-2 ‘in, on’ + grave3, influenced by obsolete French engraver .
Information about engraving
- The plural form of engraving is: engravings.
- Languages in which engraving is used:
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Hyphenation of engraving
en-grav-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- engraving is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
engraving synonyms
Meaning etching:
Meaning a picture or design printed from a block or plate or copied from a painting by photography:
Meaning an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence:
Meaning a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side:
Meaning a printed photograph, picture, or illustration, especially one on superior-quality paper in a book:
Meaning a stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane:
Meaning a print of a type made from a design cut in a block of wood, formerly widely used for illustrations in books:
Meaning a design or form carved in relief on a block of linoleum:
Meaning a brief evocative description, account, or episode:
Meaning cut (a hard material) in order to produce an object, design, or inscription:
Meaning write or carve (words or symbols) on something, especially as a formal or permanent record:
Meaning cut (a mark or decoration) into a surface:
Meaning cut or shape (something) with a chisel:
Meaning pursue in order to catch or catch up with:
Meaning cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface):
Meaning engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to p:
Meaning impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface:
Meaning apply (a mark) to something with pressure:
Meaning make a visible impression or stain on:
Translation of engraving
- Spanish: cincelado, grabado
- French: ciselure
- Portuguese: cinzeladura
- Italian: cesellatura
Words that rhyme with engraving
autoclaving, basketweaving, behaving, beknaving, bereaving, berreaving, beslaving, braving, caving, cleaving, concaving, craving, deaving, deleaving, depraving, disenslaving, disleaving, dissaving, electroengraving, electrograving, embraving, encaving, enclaving, enslaving, enweaving, facesaving, flagwaving, forleaving, graving, greaving, hairweaving, handhaving, handwaving, handweaving, having, heaving, helioengraving, impaving, incaving, interleaving, interpaving, interweaving, inweaving, laborsaving, laving, leaving, lifesaving, loaving, microwaving, misbehaving
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