mezzotint
Meaning of mezzotint
noun
- a print made from an engraved copper or steel plate, the surface of which has been scraped and polished to give areas of shade and light respectively. The technique was much used in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries for the reproduction of paintings.
a series of mezzotints produced in the early 19th century
- engrave (a picture) in mezzotint.
he practised engraving, mezzotinting, and water colouring
from Italian mezzotinto, from mezzo ‘half’ + tinto ‘tint’.
Information about mezzotint
- The plural form of mezzotint is: mezzotints.
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Hyphenation of mezzotint
mez-zotint
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- mezzotint is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with mezzotint
tint, aquatint, photoaquatint, retint, Craftint, demitint, electrotint, lithotint, monotint, papyrotint, overtint, undertint, astint, stint
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