English dictionary

engraving

/E/n'gr/eI/v/I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a print made from an engraving

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

noun.act

Synonyms etching

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

noun

Source: webster1913