inscription
noun /ɪnˈskrɪpʃn/
/ɪnˈskrɪpʃn/
- words written in the front of a book or cut in stone or metal
- There was an inscription carved over the doorway.
- There are no inscriptions or markings to identify the tombs.
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingc2, Buildingsc2- The inscription bears the date 1655.
- The monument carries the inscription: ‘To the fallen in two world wars’.
- The simple inscription on her grave reads: ‘She sleeps in peace.’
- an inscription carved in the stone
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- famous
- dedicatory
- funerary
- …
- bear
- carry
- have
- …
- bear something
- read something
- record something
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a short descriptive or dedicatory passage at the beginning of a book): from Latin inscriptio(n-), from the verb inscribere, from in- ‘into’ + scribere ‘write’.