Definition for Engraving:

• The act, process, or art of producing designs, etc., cut in, or in relief on, metal, etc.; a design or inscription so cut; an impression from an engraved plate.

Synonyms for Engraving:

• n.

  •
  • cartoon,
  • abstract,
  • bas relief,
  • canvas,
  • reproduction,
  • doodle,
  • collage,
  • caricature,
  • aquatint,
  • daub,
  • diptych.
  •
  • cut,
  • art form,
  • arts and crafts,
  • coloring,
  • proof,
  • belles lettres,
  • carving,
  • copy,
  • ceramics,
  • batik,
  • positive,
  • pull,
  • brass rubbing.
  •act (noun)
  • engraving.
  •carving of letters or design into something (noun)
  • woodcut,
  • blocking,
  • scratch,
  • impression,
  • Chasing,
  • cutting,
  • Chiselling,
  • Inscribing,
  • lithograph,
  • Enchasing,
  • dry point,
  • intaglio.
  •engraving (noun)
  • Chalcography,
  • copperplate,
  • lino print,
  • Zincography,
  • lino cut,
  • Xylography,
  • scoring.
  •etching (noun)
  • re-productions,
  • Photo-engraving,
  • photo engraving,
  • rotogravures,
  • re production,
  • transferrings,
  • photoengravings,
  • photo-gravures,
  • photo engravings,
  • photo gravures,
  • photo-gravure,
  • re productions,
  • photo-engravings,
  • photo gravure,
  • re-production.
  •illustration (noun)
  • de-sign,
  • de sign,
  • half tones,
  • de signs,
  • de-signs,
  • half tone.
  •inscription (noun)
  • sayings,
  • letterings,
  • saying,
  • lettering.
  •model (noun)
  • mock up,
  • mock-ups,
  • game plan,
  • Re-presentation,
  • paste-up,
  • look-alike,
  • tracings,
  • figurines,
  • visuals,
  • statuettes,
  • statuette,
  • pasteup,
  • look alike,
  • knock-off,
  • Effigies,
  • knockoff,
  • paste up,
  • mock-up,
  • figurine,
  • mockup.
  •picture (noun)
  • out-lines,
  • de lineation,
  • out-line,
  • de-lineations,
  • re creation,
  • de lineations,
  • re creations,
  • re-plica,
  • out lines,
  • re plica,
  • de-lineation,
  • out line.
  •piece (noun)
  • dis-course,
  • dis course,
  • ex-positions,
  • dis courses,
  • dis-courses,
  • ex-position.
  •print (noun)
  • newsprint,
  • newspaper,
  • Typesetting,
  • typescript,
  • black-and-whites,
  • lithographs,
  • typescripts,
  • black-and-white,
  • black and white,
  • edition.

• v.

  •engraving (verb)
  • Lithographing.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • mining,
  • Demitint,
  • check,
  • abstract art,
  • Glass-cutting,
  • steel engraving,
  • imitation,
  • Ceroplastics,
  • Sciagraphy,
  • drawing,
  • type,
  • impress,
  • clay sculpture,
  • fixing,
  • autotype,
  • fresco,
  • line engraving,
  • striation,
  • mark,
  • furrow,
  • Anaglyptography,
  • montage,
  • fleck,
  • Stamping,
  • cicatrix,
  • discoloration,
  • Sculpturing,
  • representation,
  • stigma,
  • Incising,
  • puncture,
  • brand,
  • flick,
  • design,
  • stipple engraving,
  • patch,
  • founding,
  • Xylograph,
  • block,
  • portraiture,
  • Sulcation,
  • cave art,
  • indentation,
  • relievo,
  • abstraction,
  • mottle,
  • Cerography,
  • likeness,
  • Chromolithograph,
  • stria,
  • entering,
  • photography,
  • Stonecutting,
  • Recruiting,
  • rut,
  • negative,
  • Anaglyptics,
  • Graving,
  • chromolithography,
  • altarpiece,
  • slash,
  • blemish,
  • sulcus,
  • splotch,
  • mint,
  • photograph,
  • dado,
  • flute,
  • hatching,
  • Scarification,
  • corrugation,
  • fluting,
  • illumination,
  • Representment,
  • streak,
  • bone-carving,
  • Embossing,
  • plastic art,
  • jot,
  • macula,
  • marking,
  • imprinting,
  • check mark,
  • score,
  • folk art,
  • replica,
  • excavation,
  • printing,
  • caste mark,
  • anaglyph,
  • autolithograph,
  • wood carving,
  • Stereotyping,
  • inscript,
  • watermark,
  • Cerograph,
  • dapple,
  • encoding,
  • decoration,
  • slit,
  • sculpting,
  • sculptor,
  • tick,
  • rabbet,
  • mural,
  • gouge,
  • designing,
  • wall painting,
  • speckle,
  • scraping,
  • checkmark,
  • radiography,
  • Scribing,
  • Ciphering,
  • molding,
  • mole,
  • Inlaying,
  • tableau,
  • arts of design,
  • earmark,
  • woodblock,
  • burying,
  • Chiseling,
  • blotch,
  • imagery,
  • facsimile,
  • birthmark,
  • monumental sculpture,
  • wrinkle,
  • copperplate engraving,
  • sculpture,
  • dot,
  • linocut,
  • stencil,
  • nick,
  • delineation,
  • stipple,
  • slashing,
  • artist,
  • chase,
  • autoradiography,
  • freckle,
  • point,
  • scar,
  • cranny,
  • recording,
  • bezel,
  • autographing,
  • calligraphy,
  • tint,
  • primitive art,
  • line,
  • scratching,
  • speck,
  • cross-hatching,
  • block print,
  • mosaic,
  • tooling,
  • Engravement,
  • miniature,
  • lentigo,
  • cyclorama,
  • Enrolling,
  • cinematography,
  • stained glass window,
  • blaze,
  • prick,
  • icon,
  • cameo,
  • tattoo,
  • Glyptic,
  • nevus,
  • wood engraving,
  • encrypting,
  • notch,
  • strawberry mark,
  • ruck,
  • Graphotype,
  • architectural sculpture,
  • groove,
  • letterpress,
  • tapestry,
  • spot,
  • coding,
  • Nicking,
  • casting,
  • gash,
  • crack,
  • stain,
  • Stippling,
  • character,
  • still life,
  • triptych,
  • earth art,
  • incision,
  • carve,
  • pic,
  • scotch,
  • chink,
  • image,
  • graphic arts,
  • fine arts,
  • Chopping,
  • modeling,
  • bur,
  • engrave,
  • stone sculpture,
  • microgroove,
  • Whittling,
  • rifling,
  • hack,
  • chamfer,
  • splash,
  • lining,
  • Impressing,
  • statuary,
  • panorama,
  • tittle,
  • relief,
  • etch,
  • burr,
  • Iconography.

Paraphrases for Engraving:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    printmaking, etching.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    printmaking, etching.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    carving.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    carving, sculpture, prints, printing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    printmaking, etching.

Engraving Sentence Examples:

• It was a large engraving in sharply contrasted black and white, of a knight who rode through mists along a climbing road up into the heart of towering hills.

• There is a drawing of the head of Charles I. in the library of St. John's College, at Oxford, wholly composed of minute written characters, which, at a small distance, resemble the lines of an engraving.

Hypernym for Engraving:

• n.

  • act
    steel engraving, aquatint.
  • artifact
    line block, copperplate, etching, copperplate engraving, gravure, line engraving, dry point, woodcut, linecut, steel engraving, wood engraving, halftone, wood block, photoengraving, halftone engraving.

Hyponym for Engraving:

• n.

  • act
    printmaking.
  • artifact
    print, plate.