engraving

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English

Definitions

verb

To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.“He engraved the plaque with his name.”
To carve (something) into a material.“He engraved his name.”

verb

To put in a grave, to bury.

noun

The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
A print produced from an engraving.
The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

Related words

Synonyms

carve etch inscribe etching mezzotint stipple printmaking sculpture picture carving printing recorder print burner stamp chop seal prints

Associated

aquatint burin intaglio engrave lithography woodcut engraver engraved plates

Rhymes

craving raving braving paving waving behaving laving saving shaving slaving

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