ENGRAVING
Dictionary entry overview: What does engraving mean?
• ENGRAVING (noun)
The noun ENGRAVING has 3 senses:
1. a print made from an engraving
2. a block or plate that has been engraved
3. making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
Familiarity information: ENGRAVING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ENGRAVING (noun)
Meaning:
A print made from an engraving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("engraving" is a kind of...):
print (a picture or design printed from an engraving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engraving"):
dry point (a print produced by dry point engraving)
etching (an impression made from an etched plate)
halftone (a print obtained from photoengraving)
line engraving; linecut (a print obtained from a line drawing)
steel engraving (an impression taken from an engraved steel plate)
wood engraving; woodcut (a print made from a woodcut)
Meaning:
A block or plate that has been engraved
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("engraving" is a kind of...):
plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engraving"):
wood block; wood engraving; woodcut (engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints)
steel engraving (engraving on a steel plate)
line block; line engraving; linecut (engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved)
halftone; halftone engraving; photoengraving (an engraving used to reproduce an illustration)
gravure (a printing plate used in the process of gravure)
etching (an etched plate made with the use of acid)
copperplate; copperplate engraving (an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved)
Meaning:
Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
engraving; etching
Hypernyms ("engraving" is a kind of...):
printmaking (artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engraving"):
steel engraving (the act of engraving on a steel plate)
aquatint (a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color)
