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engraving

[en-grey-ving] / ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /
NOUN
carving of letters or design into something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
etching illustration inscription lithograph woodcut
STRONG
blocking chasing chiselling cutting impression inscribing intaglio mezzotint photoengraving photogravure print rotogravure scratch
WEAK
dry point enchasing

Example Sentences

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More than 40,000 years ago, early humans were already engraving symbols onto tools, figurines, and other objects.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

The publishers – Cadell and Davies – paid 20 guineas for the new painting which they planned to use as an engraving in all future editions of Burns' books.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Later historians described this engraving and, despite having never seen the painting, catalogued its existence.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Dental-lab technicians shifted from manual molds to digital scanning and CAD/CAM; etchers and engravers moved from hand tools to digital engraving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

But then Blanca would read the engraving and know whose it was, so that was a problem.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez