etching

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ

etching (plural etchings)

1. (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

   Hypernym: intaglio

   Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint

   Coordinate term: engraving

2. (countable) The image created by this process.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

• etching scribe

etching

1. present participle and gerund of etch

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