Definitions for etching

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etching etch·ing

Spelling: [ech-ing]

IPA: /ˈɛtʃ ɪŋ/

Etching is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in etching (ceghint).

Definitions for etching

noun

1. 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.
2. an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.
3. the design so produced.
4. a metal plate bearing such a design.
5. Printing. an acid used for etching.

verb (used with object)

1. to cut, bite, or corrode with an acid or the like; engrave with an acid or the like, as to form a design in furrows that when charged with ink will give an impression on paper.
2. to produce (a design, image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass.
3. to outline clearly or sharply; delineate, as a person's features or character.
4. to fix permanently in or implant firmly on the mind; root in the memory:
5. Geology. to cut (a feature) into the surface of the earth by means of erosion:

verb (used without object)

1. to practice the art of etching.

Origin of etching

First recorded in 1625-35; etch + -ing¹

Examples for etching

Tall 16mo, handsome cover design, etching frontispiece, $1.00.

In the etching, there is a picture of the spot—a hedge-lined road.

Celluloid is to Dean what oil paint is to Titian or etching to Whistler.

His most finished and striking landscape is perhaps the etching of the "Three Trees."

In truth, there are no secrets to this artist's technique in the etching medium.

That day, I walked by the Vietnam Memorial and people were etching names on to front pages of newspapers.

To his request I consented, made an etching of it, and it was published.

He had customized his new gun by etching in the words “better off this way” and “my ELF weapon.”

Handsomely illustrated with a series of portraits in etching and photogravure.

The Pablo Picasso etching had stalled at a bid of $5,400, barely above its low estimate.