noun that which is engraved; an engraved plate.
2. engraving ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of engrave.
3. engraving ·noun an impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
4. engraving ·noun the act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, ·etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.