engraving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The practice of incising a design onto a hard 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.

verb

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-engraving.wav

engraving engravings

By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.

engrave whittle carve

electroengraving wood engraving

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