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Noun: engraving  en'greyving
  1. A print made from an engraving
     
  2. A block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
     
  3. Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
    - etching
Verb: engrave  en'greyv
  1. Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
    "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"
    - scratch, grave, inscribe
     
  2. Impress or affect deeply
    "The event engraved itself into her memory"
     
  3. Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
    "engrave a letter"
    - etch
     
  4. Carve or cut a design or letters into
    "engrave the pen with the owner's name"
    - etch

Derived forms: engravings

See also: engraver, gravure

Type of: affect, carve, chip at, impress, move, plate, print, printmaking, strike

Encyclopedia: Engrave

Engraving