etchings
|etch-ings|
/ˈɛtʃɪŋz/
(etching)
bite or cut into a surface
Etymology
'etch' originates from Dutch, specifically the word 'etsen', where the root meant 'to eat away' or 'to corrode'.
'etching' developed from Middle English forms such as 'etchen', influenced by Dutch 'etsen' and German 'ätzen', and eventually became the modern English words 'etch' and 'etching'.
Initially it referred to the action 'to eat away or corrode (a metal surface)'; over time it broadened to mean both the process and the prints or marks produced by that process.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural of 'etching': a print or artwork made by biting a design into a metal plate with acid and then printing from that plate.
The gallery displayed several etchings by the 19th-century artist.
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Noun 2
marks, lines, or patterns produced on a surface (such as glass or metal) by chemical or mechanical means.
Fine etchings on the glass caught the sunlight.
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