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mattoir

mattoir noun: a kind of coarse punch with a rasp-like face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.

Noun

mattoir (plural mattoirs)

  1. A kind of coarse punch with a rasp-like face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.

Forms of mattoir

pluralmattoirs

Origin of mattoir

French matoir

Questions about mattoir

What does mattoir mean?
Mattoir means a kind of coarse punch with a rasp-like face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.
What part of speech is mattoir?
Mattoir is a noun.
What is the plural of mattoir?
The plural of mattoir is mattoirs.

Words near mattoir in the dictionary

  1. mattocking
  2. mattocks
  3. Mattockses
  4. mattoid
  5. mattoids
  6. mattoir
  7. mattoirs
  8. Mattole
  9. Mattoon
  10. Mattoons
  11. Mattos

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