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ENGRAVING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
Synonyms:
engraving; etching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("engraving" is a kind of...):
printmaking (artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engraving"):
steel engraving (the act of engraving on a steel plate)
aquatint (a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color)
Derivation:
engrave (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("engraving" is a kind of...):
plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engraving"):
copperplate; copperplate engraving (an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved)
etching (an etched plate made with the use of acid)
gravure (a printing plate used in the process of gravure)
halftone; halftone engraving; photoengraving (an engraving used to reproduce an illustration)
line block; line engraving; linecut (engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved)
steel engraving (engraving on a steel plate)
wood block; wood engraving; woodcut (engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A print made from an engraving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("engraving" is a kind of...):
print (a picture or design printed from an engraving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engraving"):
dry point (a print produced by dry point engraving)
etching (an impression made from an etched plate)
halftone (a print obtained from photoengraving)
line engraving; linecut (a print obtained from a line drawing)
steel engraving (an impression taken from an engraved steel plate)
wood engraving; woodcut (a print made from a woodcut)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb engrave
