Definitions for engravingɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
en•grav•ingɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ(n.)
the act or art of a person who engraves.
the art of forming designs by cutting, etching with acids, a photographic process, etc., as on the surface of a metal plate or block of wood, from which impressions or prints of the design can be made.
Category: Printing, Fine Arts
the design engraved.
Category: Fine Arts
an engraved plate or block.
Category: Fine Arts
an impression or print from this.
Category: Fine Arts
Origin of engraving:
1595–1605
Princeton's WordNet
engraving(noun)
a print made from an engraving
engraving(noun)
a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
engraving, etching(noun)
making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
Wiktionary
engraving(Noun)
the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it
engraving(Noun)
an engraved image
engraving(Noun)
the art of drawing music notation at high quality, see Engraving
Webster Dictionary
Engraving(u)
of Engrave
Engraving(noun)
the act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper
Engraving(noun)
that which is engraved; an engraved plate
Engraving(noun)
an impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print
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