engraving en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.
- (countable, uncountable) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
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(countable) A print produced from an engraving.
He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| engravings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
electroengraving · wood engraving
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
photoengraving · line engraving · copperplate engraving · steel engraving
Relateds
Translations (51)
nn gravering (an engraved image) · es entretallamiento (disused) (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · fi kaiverrus (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · fr gravure (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · hy փորագրություն (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · bg гравю́ра (an engraved image) · cmn 鐫刻 /镌刻 (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · acw نَقْش (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · la caelātūra (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · la caelāmen (an engraved image) · pt gravura (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es entretalladura (disused) (an engraved image) · nl gravure (an engraved image) · ar نَقْشْ (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · cmn 雕刻 (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · pl grawerstwo (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · hy փորագրանկար (an engraved image) · cs rytina (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · it incisione (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es entretallamiento (disused) (an engraved image) · nn gravering (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · ru гравю́ра (an engraved image) · es entretalladura (disused) (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · pl grawerka (an engraved image) · hy փորագրություն (an engraved image) · es grabado (an engraved image) · ca gravat (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · io grabo (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · io graburo (an engraved image) · de Stich (an engraved image) · ru грави́рование (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es entretalla (disused) (an engraved image) · de Gravieren (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · de Gravur (an engraved image) · io grabado (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · sv gravering (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es buriladura (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · fi kaivertaminen (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es burilada (an engraved image) · pl rytownictwo (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es grabadura (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · bg грави́ране (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es grabado (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · es buriladura (an engraved image) · sv gravyr (an engraved image) · nb gravering (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · nb gravering (an engraved image) · de Stechen (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface) · fi kaiverrus (an engraved image) · fr gravure (an engraved image) · ja 彫刻 (the practice of incising a design onto a hard surface)