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单词 etching
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etching

noun

etch·​ing ˈe-chiŋ How to pronounce etching (audio)
1
a
: the action or process of etching
b
: the art of producing pictures or designs by printing from an etched metal plate
2
a
: an etched design
b
: an impression from an etched plate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Plus, there are ingredients to aid rinsing, prevent etching and keep the dishwasher clean, too. Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 The recipe was inscribed on Ms. Johnson’s gravestone in 2007 at the Nome City Cemetery, along with an etching of a Cool Whip container. New York Times, 30 June 2022 And dry etching will let Apple reduce the thickness and weight of the OLED screen. Chris Smith, BGR, 12 July 2022 It was signed by Rembrandt, and turned out to be an original etching, albeit damaged and not very valuable. Melissa Korn, WSJ, 3 June 2022 The hollowed parts of the etching are lacquered in black, and the rest is lacquered in yellow. Roberta Naas, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022 Around 20 years ago, a former school president found an etching of a bearded old man while hunting for paper towels in the cabinet of his office’s bathroom. Melissa Korn, WSJ, 3 June 2022 Heading into production, the project will use motion-capture to give the boxing bouts their punch while tying together 2D computer animation, 3D graphics and painting with a visual style meant to look like an etching. Ben Croll, Variety, 30 May 2022 Hannah Spector placed an etching and a video-playing electronic tablet inside a drawer. Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

etching

noun

etch·​ing ˈe-chiŋ How to pronounce etching (audio)
1
: the art or process of producing drawings or pictures by printing from etched plates
2
: a picture made from an etched plate

etching 1 of 2

noun

as in drawing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • drawing
  • watercolor
  • acrylic
  • gouache
  • pastel
  • distemper
  • finger painting
  • sketch
  • tempera
  • aquarelle
  • masterpiece
  • painting
  • diptych
  • oil
  • mural
  • triptych
  • canvass
  • panorama
  • fresco
  • canvas
  • oil painting
  • showpiece
  • pièce de résistance

etching

2 of 2

verb

present participle of etch
1
as in engraving
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface the artist etched his landscape on a copper plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • engraving
  • carving
  • inscribing
  • sculpting
  • graving
  • tracing
  • incising
  • sculpturing
  • insculping
  • chiseling
  • affixing
  • chiselling
  • grooving
  • notching
  • indenting
  • chasing
  • scoring
  • impressing
2
as in imprinting
to produce a vivid impression of in just a few pages the writer etched an unforgettable portrait of one of the more remarkable First Ladies

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • engraving
  • imprinting
  • branding
  • infixing
  • impressing
  • engraining
  • ingraining
  • stamping
  • implanting
  • infusing
  • imbuing
  • instilling
  • inculcating
  • fixing
  • enrooting
  • setting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • erasing
  • obliterating
  • expunging
  • blotting out
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