Intaglio

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone.
  • n. The art or process of carving a design in this manner.
  • n. A gemstone carved in intaglio.
  • n. Printing done with a plate bearing an image in intaglio.
  • n. A die incised so as to produce a design in relief.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A design or piece of art which is engraved or etched into something.
  • n. Any printing method in which the ink is laid upon the sunken parts of the printing form.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Incised engraving as opposed to carving in relief; ornamentation by lines, patterns, figures, etc., sunk or hollowed below the surface.
  • n. Hence A figure or work so produced; an incised representation or design.
  • To incise; engrave with a sunk pattern or design.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
  • n. a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
    • Antonym
    cameo   
    Verb Form
    intaglioed    intaglioing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    glyptography    glyptic art   
    Variant
    intagli   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    engraving   
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