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etching
[ ech-ing ]
noun
- the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
- an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.
- the design so produced.
- a metal plate bearing such a design.
etching
/ ˈɛʃɪŋ /
noun
- the art, act, or process of preparing etched surfaces or of printing designs from them
- an etched plate
- an impression made from an etched plate
etching
- An artistic print made from a plate on which the artist has etched a design with acid. ( Compare engraving .)
Example Sentences
“I’m just trying to process all this,” Gunning tells us, not long before etching her own name on a statuette.
Paint and etchings, including two names - Shal and Noah - were left scrawled on the walls and floor of Robin’s Hood Cave on Stanage Edge, near Hope Valley.
He recalled going to visit the Woodland cemetery as a child to pay respects to his grandfather and being startled that the etching on the gravestone said “Young” instead of “Fong.”
The famed surrealist Salvador Dalí is coming to Seattle — at least an intriguing series of his etchings is.
The etching must also be carried out in the dark as cyanide develops in the reaction when it is struck by light, and it dissolves gold.
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