Overview of noun etching

The noun etching has 3 senses

• etching -- (an impression made from an etched plate)


• etching -- (an etched plate made with the use of acid)


• engraving, etching -- (making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them)

Overview of verb etch

The verb etch has 5 senses

• etch -- (make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface")


• etch -- (cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky")


• engrave, etch -- (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter")


• engrave, etch -- (carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name")


• etch -- (selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons)