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GLYPTOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glyptography mean? 

GLYPTOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun GLYPTOGRAPHY has 2 senses:

1. carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones)play

2. carving or engraving (especially on stones)play

  Familiarity information: GLYPTOGRAPHY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLYPTOGRAPHY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

glyptic art; glyptography

Hypernyms ("glyptography" is a kind of...):

carving (a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glyptography"):

anaglyph (anything carved in low relief)

glyph (glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief)

glyptics; lithoglyptics (the art of engraving on precious stones)

diaglyph; intaglio (glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Carving or engraving (especially on stones)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("glyptography" is a kind of...):

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)


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