etching
Meaning of etching
verb
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- To engrave a surface.
- To make a lasting impression.
The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
- To sketch; to delineate.
- The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
- The image created by this process.
Information about etching
- The plural form of etching is: etchings.
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Hyphenation of etching
etch-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- etching is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
etching synonyms
Meaning engraving:
Words that rhyme with etching
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