steel engraving
- noun
- /stiːl ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ/
:
grabado en acero
- The museum displayed a rare steel engraving of the city's skyline from the 1800s.
Examples
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He collects antique books that feature detailed steel engravings as illustrations.
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The artist spent months perfecting the steel engraving before printing the final image.
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The artist created a beautiful steel engraving of the landscape.
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Many steel engravings were featured in the exhibition.
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The artist spent months perfecting the steel engraving before printing the final image.
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He collects antique books that feature detailed steel engravings as illustrations.
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The museum displayed a rare steel engraving of the city's skyline from the 1800s.
Synonyms
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3.6
A picture made by pressing paper on a carved surface with ink
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4.1
A picture made by cutting or etching a hard surface
A printing method that uses steel plates to make secure paper money and documents
A picture made by cutting lines into metal and then printing it
An engraved design cut into metal, wood or stone
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning — an engraving made on steel — is directly and compositionally derivable from 'steel' (the material) + 'engraving' (a cut/print), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the concept. This pattern is semantically transparent and mirrored in other languages (e.g. Spanish 'grabado en acero', French 'gravure sur acier'), reinforcing its predictability.
Etymology
Steel engraving is a picture made by cutting fine lines into a steel plate and then pressing ink from that plate to make copies. So the name means 'a print or illustration made from a steel plate'.