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intagliated |
intaglio
| intaglio printing
| intail
| intake
| intake manifold
| intake valve
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intaglio
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun intaglio has 2 senses
- intaglio(n = noun.communication) gravure, intaglio printing - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print; Array is a kind of printing, printing process
- intaglio(n = noun.artifact) diaglyph - glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo); Array is a kind of glyptic art, glyptography
has particulars: photogravure
CIDE DICTIONARY
intaglio, n. [It., fr. intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in + tagliare to cut, carve. See Detail.].
A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo . Also used adjectively. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
intaglio, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -os)
1 a gem with an incised design (cf. CAMEO).
2 an engraved design.
3 a carving, esp. incised, in hard material.
4 a process of printing from an engraved design.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed)
1 engrave (material) with a sunk pattern or design.
2 engrave (such a design).
--n. (pl. -os)
1 a gem with an incised design (cf. CAMEO).
2 an engraved design.
3 a carving, esp. incised, in hard material.
4 a process of printing from an engraved design.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed)
1 engrave (material) with a sunk pattern or design.
2 engrave (such a design).
Etymology
It. (as INTAGLIATED)
THESAURUS
intaglio
anaglyph, aquatint, bas-relief, boss, burin, cameo, cameo glass, cast, cavo-rilievo, cerography, chalcography, crayon engraving, cribbling, cut glass, die, drypoint, embossment, engraving tool, etching, etching ball, etching ground, etching needle, etching point, form, glyph, glyptograph, graver, high relief, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, last, low relief, mask, matrix, medal, medallion, metal cut, mezzotint, mint, mold, needle, negative, photoengraving, plaquette, plate engraving, point, punch, pyrogravure, relief, relief method, relievo, rocker, scorper, sculptured glass, seal, shoe last, stamp, steel engraving, style, template, wood engraving, woodburning, woodcut, zincographyROGET THESAURUS
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Prototype
N prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type, archetype, antitype, protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm, lay-figure, text, copy, design, fugleman, keynote, die, mold, matrix, last, plasm, proplasm, protoplasm, mint, seal, punch, intaglio, negative, stamp, a precedent embalms a principle, exempla sunt odiosa.Concavity
N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.Sculpture
N sculpture, insculpture, carving, statuary, high relief, low relief, bas relief, relief, relieve, bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo, intaglio, anaglyph, medal, medallion, cameo, marble, bronze, terra cotta, papier-mache, ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware, cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma, statue, cast, glyptotheca, sculptured, v, in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic, parian, marble, xanthian.
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