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Synonyms for engraving

Most common

plate print etching stipple stippling chiseling

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.

Related words

Word family
engrave
Phrases
wood engraving line engraving
Is a kind of
intaglio

Forms

Plural
engravings → etchings, arts, prints, plates…

Example sentences

  • plate Does the license plate of your car begin with ABC?
  • print This page is not nicely printed so print it again.
  • etching Nothing rivals his racehorse etching.
  • chiseling They are chiseling a statue out of marble.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
engravingfalling
platefalling
printrising
etchingsteady
stipplefalling
stipplingfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
art1, cut1
5 letters
print1, plate1
7 letters
picture2, etching2, stipple, graving
9 letters
stippling, chiseling3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (picture2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
gravure
Italiano
incisione
Español
grabado
Català
gravat