Definitions for stipple

stipple stip·ple

Spelling: [stip-uh l]
IPA: /ˈstɪp əl/

Stipple is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in stipple (eilppst).

Definitions for stipple

noun

  1. the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
  2. stippled work; a painting, engraving, or the like, executed by means of dots or small spots.

verb (used with object)

  1. to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.

Origin of stipple

1660-70; Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen to dot, derivative of stip dot

Examples for stipple

This shows the stipple effect in the face and drapery, and a broken line effect in the background.

She wanted to know the difference between a mezzotint and a stipple print.

The student will notice in particular the stipple effect in the reproduction.

If the color when put on appears too strong and conspicuous, stipple the surface with a little plaster Paris, to tone it down.

The land area is usually clearly distinguished from the water area by a tint or stipple.

An examination of the method of shading also bears witness to a transition, for there is observable both smear and stipple work.

The stipple manner of engraving was a curious development of the art.

Take another art, that of stipple engraving printed in colours.

The foregoing illustration is the first or ground work for the stipple effect produced by the aid of the fingers.

You can tone down any oil color, however, by stippling it with a stipple brush dipped in a pan of dry color, or plaster Paris.

Word Value for stipple
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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