AQUATINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aquatint mean? 

• AQUATINT (noun)
  The noun AQUATINT has 2 senses:

1. an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color

2. a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color

  Familiarity information: AQUATINT used as a noun is rare.

• AQUATINT (verb)
  The verb AQUATINT has 1 sense:

1. etch in aquatint

  Familiarity information: AQUATINT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AQUATINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("aquatint" is a kind of...):

etching (an impression made from an etched plate)

Derivation:

aquatint (etch in aquatint)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("aquatint" is a kind of...):

engraving; etching (making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them)

Derivation:

aquatint (etch in aquatint)

• AQUATINT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Etch in aquatint

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "aquatint" is one way to...):

etch (make an etching of)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

aquatint (a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color)

aquatint (an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color)