| NOUN | artifact | engraving | a print made from an engraving |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | engraving | a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | |
| act | engraving, etching | making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them |
| Sounds | ihngrey'vihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A print made from an engraving. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | dry point | A print produced by dry point engraving |
| etching | An impression made from an etched plate | |
| halftone | A print obtained from photoengraving | |
| linecut, line engraving | A print obtained from a line drawing | |
| steel engraving | An impression taken from an engraved steel plate | |
| woodcut, wood engraving | A print made from a woodcut | |
| Broader | A picture or design printed from an engraving | |
| Spanish | grabado | |
| Meaning | A block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | 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 | |
| linecut, line block, line engraving | engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved | |
| steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate | |
| woodcut, wood block, wood engraving | engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it | |
| Broader | plate | A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
| Spanish | grabado | |
| Catalan | gravat | |
| Meaning | making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | etching | |
| Narrower | aquatint | A method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color |
| steel engraving | The act of engraving on a steel plate | |
| Broader | printmaking | artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens |
| Spanish | aguafuerte, grabado | |
| Catalan | gravat | |
| Verbs | engrave | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block |
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