Search Result:etching
Overview of noun etching
The noun etching has 3 senses
- etching -- (an impression made from an etched plate)
- etching -- (an etched plate made with the use of acid)
- engraving, etching -- (making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them)
Overview of verb etch
The verb etch has 5 senses
- etch -- (make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface")
- etch -- (cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky")
- engrave, etch -- (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter")
- engrave, etch -- (carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name")
- etch -- (selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons)