Inscription

/ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/

Synonyms for "inscription" (215 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Noun(4 words)

dedicationancient greek inscriptionbookplate carving

acknowledgment acknowledgments arch backback matterbarrowbastard titlebibliography bookingboundary stonebrass burr bust cairn catalogingcatch linecatchword cenotaph chiseling chronicling

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colophon column contentscontents pagecopyright pagecoup de plumecromlech crosscross hatchingcross-hatching cryptography cup cyclolith dedication demitint device dolmen

Adjective(2 words)

ancient edictancient legal code

Strong matches (65)

endleaf endpaper endsheet engravement engraving engrossment enlistment enrollment entering entry epigraph epitaph epithet errata etch etching flyleaf folio footstonefore edge

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forewordfront mattergem-engravingglass cuttingglass-cutting glyptic grave gravestone gravinghalf tinthalf-title pagehatching head headstonehic jacethoarstone impanelment imprint incision index indexing initialingink spillinginkslinging inscribing inscript insertion introduction inventorying leaf

Verb(2 words)

engrave metaletch letters

Noun(13 words)

engraving engravings epigram epigrams epigraph epigraphy glyph graffito hieroglyphic hieroglyphs inscribing label lapidaries

Related words (107)

legend lettering line lining listing logging macrography makeup marker marking matriculation mausoleum megalith memento memorialmemorial archmemorial columnmemorial statuememorial stonemenhir

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micrography monolith monument motto mound necrology obelisk obituary page penpen-and-inkpencil drivingpillar plaque posting preface preliminaries prize pyramidrecord keepingrecordation recording recto register registration registry reliquary remembrance reverso ribbonrostral columnrunning titlescore scoring scratch scratching scrivenery scriveningsecret writingshaft shrine signature slash slashing slogan stela stipple stippling stone stupa subtitletable of contentstablet tabulationtag linetail testimonial text tint titletitle pagetomb tombstonetombstone markingtooling tope transcription transliterationtrim sizetrophytype pagetype-cutting typewriting typing verso watchword writing

Noun(10 words)

letteringmesopotamian tabletmottoes mottosnameplate engravingownership notepublic monument inscriptionrecording runesstone text

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries

annotationcommittal to writingcommunication messagemonumental writingpiece of writingtext writingwriting processwritten materialwritten messagewritten record

More specific

10 entries

boundary markerdedicatory inscriptionepitaphfoundation inscriptiongift inscriptionink inscriptionmetal engravingowner signaturepresentation inscriptionstone carving

Collocations

5 entries

ancient inscriptioninscription rubbinginscription transcriptioninscription translationstone inscription

Inflections

1 entries

inscriptions

Derivations

4 entries

inscribe inscribed inscriptive inscriptively

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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In the second place, if we do not go, someone else will read the inscription on the stone and find happiness, and we shall have lost it all.

Source: tatoeba (276055)

On a nice spring day, when Jan was digging in the sandbox in the backyard, he found a small box. In the box was a shining switchblade with a mysterious inscription.

Source: tatoeba (486939)

Right and wrong are two faces of the same coin. Whoever has the power decides which face gets what inscription.

Source: tatoeba (503590)

After torturing a fortune-teller by tickling him to death for several hours, Christopher Columbus placed the noob toy in a treasure chest with the inscription: "To the great pirate of the future Al-Sayib: Noobs always deserve it."

Source: tatoeba (584818)

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