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engraving Definition

en·grav·ing (en grāv′iŋ, in-)

noun

  1. the act, process, or art of one who engraves
  2. an engraved plate, drawing, or design
  3. a print made from an engraved surface

engraving Synonyms

engraving

n.

  1. A process of reproduction

    photoengraving, etching, carving; see reproduction 1.

  2. A picture reproduced by engraving

    print, incised design, wood engraving, xylograph, etching, aquatint, drypoint, graphotype, photogravure, steelplate, rotogravure, lithograph, chromolithograph, copperplate, mezzotint, cut, woodcut, linocut, intaglio, halftone, illustration, impression, copy, print, pull, proof, positive.

engraving Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • title: The front page has a large engraving titled " Horses of the Crimea " .
  • publish: Ken has drawn since he was four, and had his first engraving published when he was eleven.
  • discover: Prehistoric remains and engravings discovered by the British Speleological Expeditions to Matienzo.

Converse of subject

illustrate: Another Welshman, Hugh Hughes, was responsible for the Beauties of Cambria, 1823; this was illustrated by wood engravings.

Adjective modifier

  • full-page: This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser.
  • hand-coloured: Alongside each poem is a hand-coloured engraving that is a work of art in its own right.
  • full-size: Click on the thumbnail to see a full-size engraving of Phillips's portrait of Sir Joseph Banks.
  • colored: By 1812 only one volume of Willan's Cutaneous Diseases had appeared as the colored engravings were proving prohibitively costly.
  • authentic: A wealth of authentic engravings inspires the Blue Room collection - a comprehensive selection of items in an array of traditional patterns.
  • ancient: Here, again, a local guide will introduce us to the ancient Bushman rock engravings or petroglyphs.

Modifies a noun

tool: Engraving or etching is suitable for many hard surfaces and can be done using an electric engraving tool or a hand engraver.

Noun used with modifier

  • copper-plate: In the copper-plate engraving, the pulp is kept warm in a wooden tub.
  • copperplate: He claimed to have invented the process of mezzotint, a method of copperplate engraving.
  • mezzotint: During his exile in Europe, he had become skilled in mezzotint engraving, which he is said to have introduced into England.
  • woodcut: Brewood - Long Birch Hall: woodcut engraving Showing a Tudor building with a central block and wings.
  • copper: Over 30 years they produced over 400 prints of these views reproduced from copper engravings.
  • wood: He began wood engraving, self taught, in 1985.

Preposition: of

signet: Work Undertaken: Principally the engraving of gold signets and those that are set with stones.

Preposition: from

series: Steel engraving from a series of biblical themes by Luyken engraved by various craftsman.

Preposition: with

border: Steel engraving with decorative border, 20 x 13.5 cm plus decorative border.