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engraving noun

  • (art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
  • (printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
 gravure

engrave verb

  /ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/
  • (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
 graver

engraver noun

  • a person who engraves
 graveur, graveuse
wood engraving
xylogravure, gravure sur bois
copper plate engraving
chalcographie
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