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PYROGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrography mean? 

PYROGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun PYROGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flameplay

  Familiarity information: PYROGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYROGRAPHY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

drafting; draftsmanship; drawing (the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams)

Derivation:

pyrographer (an artist who practices pyrography)

pyrographic (of or relating to or produced by pyrography)


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