Engraving1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrave.
2. (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
3. (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
4. (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
Thesaurus Entries
CYSP sculpture, abstract, abstract art, abstraction, altarpiece, anaglyph, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, aquatint, architectural sculpture, art, art form, artist, arts and crafts, arts of design, autolithograph, bezel, birthmark, blaze, blemish, block, block print, blotch, bone-carving, brand, burr, calligraphy, cameo, caste mark, casting, cave art, ceramics, ceroplastics, chamfer, chase, chasing, check, checkmark, chink, chiseling, chromolithograph, cicatrix, clay sculpture, collage, color print, copperplate, copperplate print, copy, corrugation, crack, cranny, crayon engraving, cross-hatching, cut, cyclorama, dado, dapple, daub, decoration, decorative sculpture, demitint, design, designing, diptych, discoloration, dot, earmark, earth art, embossing, engravement, etch, etching, fine arts, fleck, flick, flute, fluting, folk art, founding, freckle, fresco, furrow, garden sculpture, gash, gem-cutting, gem-engraving, glass sculpture, glass-cutting, glyptic, gouge, graphic arts, graphotype, graving, groove, hack, half tint, hatching, icon, illumination, illustration, image, impress, impression, imprint, incision, inscript, inscription, intaglio, ivory-carving, jot, lentigo, likeness, line, lining, linoleum-block print, lithograph, lost-wax process, macula, mark, marking, metal sculpture, mezzotint, microgroove, miniature, modeling, molding, mole, montage, monumental sculpture, mosaic, mottle, mural, negative, nevus, nick, notch, panorama, paper sculpture, patch, photograph, photography, picture, plaster casting, plastic art, point, polka dot, portrait sculpture, prick, primitive art, print, puncture, rabbet, relief, relief-carving, relievo, representation, reproduction, rifling, rubber-block print, ruck, rut, scar, scarification, score, scoring, scotch, scratch, scratching, sculptor, sculpture, sculpturing, shell-carving, slash, slashing, slit, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, spot, stain, stained glass window, statuary, steel engraving, stencil, stigma, still life, stipple, stippling, stone sculpture, stonecutting, strawberry mark, streak, stria, striation, sulcation, sulcus, tableau, tapestry, tattoo, tattoo mark, the arts, tick, tint, tittle, tooling, triptych, type-cutting, vignette, wall painting, watermark, well-worn groove, whittling, wire sculpture, wood carving, wood engraving, woodblock, woodcut, woodprint, wrinkle, xyloglyphy, xylograph