intaglio

intaglio is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)

   Synonyms: diaglyph

3. noun. 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

   Synonyms: gravure

Synonyms

diaglyph, gravure

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in intaglio:

ligation, taglioni

Common word forms

intaglios, intaglioed, intaglioes, intaglioing

Words from these letters

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