etch

etch is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A variant of Eddish. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A variant of Eddish.
2. transitive verb. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.
3. transitive verb. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.
4. transitive verb. To sketch; to delineate.
5. intransitive verb. To practice etching; to make etchings.
6. verb. selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
7. verb. carve or cut a design or letters into

   "engrave the pen with the owner's name"

   Synonyms: engrave

8. verb. carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block

   "engrave a letter"

   Synonyms: engrave

9. verb. make an etching of

   "He etched her image into the surface"

10. verb. cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible

    "a face etched with pain"

    "the leafless branches etched against the sky"

Synonyms

engrave

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in etch:

chet, echt, tche, tech

Common word forms

etched, etcher, etches, etching

Words from these letters

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