etchings
etchings is the plural of etching.
Meaning of etching
Noun
etching (plural etchings)
- The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
- The image created by this process.
- "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...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
Phrases with etchings
- saw someone's etchings
- see someone's etchings
- seen someone's etchings
- sees someone's etchings
- view someone's etchings
- views someone's etchings
- seeing someone's etchings
- viewed someone's etchings
- viewing someone's etchings
- show someone one's etchings
- shown someone one's etchings
- shows someone one's etchings
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Questions about etchings
- What is etchings the plural of?
- Etchings is the plural of etching.
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