engraving
English Thesaurus
1. making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | printmaking, |
| definition | : | artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | steel engraving, |
| definition | : | the act of engraving on a steel plate (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | aquatint, |
| definition | : | a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color (noun.act) |
2. a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | plate, |
| definition | : | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | etching, |
| definition | : | an etched plate made with the use of acid (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | gravure, |
| definition | : | a printing plate used in the process of gravure (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | steel engraving, |
| definition | : | engraving on a steel plate (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | wood block, wood engraving, woodcut, |
| definition | : | engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints (noun.artifact) |
3. a print made from an engraving (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | print, |
| definition | : | a picture or design printed from an engraving (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dry point, |
| definition | : | a print produced by dry point engraving (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | etching, |
| definition | : | an impression made from an etched plate (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | halftone, |
| definition | : | a print obtained from photoengraving (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | steel engraving, |
| definition | : | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate (noun.artifact) |
4. making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them (noun.act)
| derivation | : | engrave, etch, |
| definition | : | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | etch, |
| definition | : | make an etching of (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | engrave, etch, |
| definition | : | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | etch, |
| definition | : | make an etching of (verb.creation) |
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