STEEL ENGRAVING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steel engraving mean? 

• STEEL ENGRAVING (noun)
  The noun STEEL ENGRAVING has 3 senses:

1. an impression taken from an engraved steel plate

2. engraving on a steel plate

3. the act of engraving on a steel plate

  Familiarity information: STEEL ENGRAVING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEEL ENGRAVING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An impression taken from an engraved steel plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("steel engraving" is a kind of...):

engraving (a print made from an engraving)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Engraving on a steel plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("steel engraving" is a kind of...):

engraving (a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of engraving on a steel plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("steel engraving" is a kind of...):

engraving; etching (making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them)