engraving

Definitions

The process or art of cutting or carving a design onto a hard surface, such as metal, wood, or stone.

A print made from a metal plate, wood block, or other surface into which a design has been incised.

The design or inscription produced by the act of engraving.

Examples

The artist carefully added a delicate engraving to the surface of the silver locket.

The ancient stone tablet featured an intricate engraving that depicted scenes from a forgotten civilization.

Synonyms

etching carving inscription sculpture imprint chasing incising

Antonyms

erasure obliteration smoothing deletion blankness effacement