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PYROGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrography mean?
• PYROGRAPHY (noun)
The noun PYROGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
Familiarity information: PYROGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pyrography" is a kind of...):
drafting; draftsmanship; drawing (the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams)
Derivation:
pyrographer (an artist who practices pyrography)
pyrographic (of or relating to or produced by pyrography)
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