Associations to the word «Engraving»

Wiktionary

ENGRAVING, noun. The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
ENGRAVING, noun. An engraved image.
ENGRAVING, noun. (music)   The art of drawing music notation at high quality, see Engraving.
ENGRAVING, verb. Present participle of engrave

Dictionary definition

ENGRAVING, noun. A print made from an engraving.
ENGRAVING, noun. A block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved.
ENGRAVING, noun. Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats