engraving
/ɪnɡɹˈeɪvɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.31 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own."
- "He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood."