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Etching

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
  2. The image created by this process.

Equivalents

12 more languages
العربيةالنّقش
Catalàaiguafort
Češtinalept
Suomietsaus
עבריתפיתוח
Italianoacquaforte
Nederlandsets
Românăacvaforte
Русскийофорт
Svenskaetsning
Türkçegravür

Examples

“"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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