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单词 graver
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Definition of graver in English:

graver

noun ˈɡreɪvəˈɡreɪvər
  • 1A burin or other engraving tool.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A blow struck at a specific weak point along the blade, that is, at a notch, would achieve a consistent break and a characteristic triangular end that could be subsequently retouched into a formal graver.
    • Lines are cut into a metal plate using a tool called burin or graver.
    • It's easy enough to draw a curved line with a pen or on an engraving plate with a graver.
    • Other tools, such as scrapers, gravers, drills, and notched flakes, accounted for only 4 percent of the formal artifacts.
    • It is clear from illustrations in that report, however, that formal blade tools such as gravers and drills occur in that assemblage.
    1. 1.1archaic An engraver.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Seals cut as works of art should excel in three aspects-- calligraphy, composition and the graver's handwork.

Rhymes

Ava, caver, craver, deva, engraver, enslaver, favour (US favor), flavour (US flavor), haver, laver, paver, quaver, raver, saver, savour (US savor), shaver, vena cava, waiver, waver
 
 

Definition of graver in US English:

graver

nounˈɡreɪvərˈɡrāvər
  • 1A burin or other engraving tool.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is clear from illustrations in that report, however, that formal blade tools such as gravers and drills occur in that assemblage.
    • Other tools, such as scrapers, gravers, drills, and notched flakes, accounted for only 4 percent of the formal artifacts.
    • Lines are cut into a metal plate using a tool called burin or graver.
    • A blow struck at a specific weak point along the blade, that is, at a notch, would achieve a consistent break and a characteristic triangular end that could be subsequently retouched into a formal graver.
    • It's easy enough to draw a curved line with a pen or on an engraving plate with a graver.
    1. 1.1archaic A person who engraves or carves.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Seals cut as works of art should excel in three aspects-- calligraphy, composition and the graver's handwork.
 
 
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