Engraving

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.

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• engravings

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