engraving
Noun

engraving

  1. The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
  2. (printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
    Coordinate terms: drypoint#English|drypoint, etching#English|etching
    Hypernyms: intaglio
    hyponyms en
  3. (countable) A print produced from an engraving.
  4. (music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.
Related terms Translations Translations Verb
  1. present participle of engrave#English|engrave



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