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.
  •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:

  •n.
  • art,
  • etching,
  • halftone,
  • illustration,
  • imprint,
  • inscription,
  • mezzotint,
  • model,
  • painting,
  • photo,
  • photoengraving,
  • photogravure,
  • picture,
  • piece,
  • plate,
  • presentment,
  • print,
  • printmaking,
  • re-creation,
  • rotogravure,
  • similitude,
  • tailpiece,
  • thing,
  • vignette,
  • Photos,
  • Half-tone,
  • mezzotints,
  • photogravures,
  • lookalike,
  • presentments,
  • re-creations,
  • tailpieces,
  • half-tones,
  • halftones.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Draughtsmanship.

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.