Engraving

Quick meaning: Engraving is a noun meaning (art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
2. (countable) A print produced from an engraving.
3. (music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.
4. present participle and gerund of engrave

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• engravings

Synonyms for engraving

Depending on context, synonyms include etching.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include etching, mezzotint, stipple, printmaking, sculpture, picture.

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