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engraving.

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

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

    countable · uncountable
  2. The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A print produced from an engraving.

    countable
  4. The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of engrave

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.