Definition of Etching

Noun: etching  e-ching

1. An impression made from an etched plate
    
2. An etched plate made with the use of acid
    
3. Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
   - engraving

1. (art) make an etching of
   "He etched her image into the surface"
    
2. Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
   "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky"
    
3. (art) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
   "etch a letter";
   - engrave
    
4. Carve or cut a design or letters into
   "etch the pen with the owner's name";
   - engrave
    
5. Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

See also:
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Anagrams containing the word etching

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