If you don't wash away the acid quickly, it will etch its way into the metal.
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Etch
/ɛt͡ʃ/
Synonyms for "etch" (135 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (67)
Verb(11 words)
Noun(19 words)
inscribingintaglileave a markletter based lessonletter the envelopeletterspictographspitsrougheningsandblastsandblastsscollopingscoresscratch projectsscrimshawscrimshawingscrimshawssearstool mark evidence
Adjective(2 words)
recent imprintsearing
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4 entriesacid etchlaser etchinglasting impressionmemory imprint
Collocations
6 entriesetch designetch glassetch metaletch nameetch patternetching technique
Inflections
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3 entriessimilar
4 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
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There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
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Black Oats are commonly sown upon an Etch Crop, or on a Lay which they plow up in January, when the Earth is moist, taking care to turn the Turf well, and to lay it even and flat.
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