noun
engraving
noun
1
The technique of cutting a design into a hard surface, typically to make a printing plate.
"He learned engraving as an apprentice to a jeweller."
2
A picture or print produced from a surface that has been engraved.
"The museum has a rare 18th-century engraving of the old harbour."
How to Use Engraving
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the craft of carving designs into a surface, or the print that results from it.
Word Forms
engravings plural
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Etymology
From engrave + -ing.