Etching

//ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid. uncountable
  2. 2
    making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them wordnet
  3. 3
    The image created by this process. countable

    ""My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…].""

  4. 4
    an etched plate made with the use of acid wordnet
  5. 5
    an impression made from an etched plate wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of etch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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engravingabstract artaquatintartart formartist

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"Nothing rivals his racehorse etching."

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