Meaning & use
Etching
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A print or image made by using acid to cut lines into a metal plate, or the technique of producing such an image.
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The gallery displayed a rare 17th-century etching by Rembrandt.
She spent the afternoon etching a design into a copper plate.
A note on using this word
Etching differs from engraving in that the design is created chemically with acid rather than cut directly by hand with a tool.
Words with a similar meaning
engravingprint
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Another way to use it
2. verb
The act of cutting a design into a hard surface using acid or a sharp tool.
He learned the technique of etching glass with hydrofluoric acid.
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