| Main Entry: | engrave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve letters or designs into |
Synonyms: |
bite, burn, chase, chisel, crosshatch, cut, diaper, embed, enchase, etch, fix, grave, hatch, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, initial, inscribe, instill, intaglio, lithograph, lodge, mezzotint, ornament, print, scratch, stipple |
| Main Entry: | engraving |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carving of letters or design into something |
Synonyms: |
blocking, chasing, chiselling, cutting, dry point, enchasing, etching, illustration, impression, inscribing, inscription, intaglio, lithograph, mezzotint, photoengraving, photogravure, print, rotogravure, scratch, woodcut |
| Concept: | Engraving. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
engraving, chalcography; line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving; dry point, bur; etching, aquatinta; chiseling; plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving; xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph., impression, print, engraving, plate; steelplate, copperplate; etching; mezzotint, aquating, lithotint; cut, woodcut; stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype., graver, burin, etching point, style; plate, stone, wood block, negative; die, punch, stamp., printing; plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing; type printing; three-color process., illustration, illumination; half tone; photogravure; vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece.
-verbs
engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch; bite, bite in; lithograph, print.
-adjectives
insculptured; engraved.
-phrases
sculpsit, imprimit.
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