aquatint

Other forms: aquatints; aquatinted

Definitions of aquatint
  1. noun
    a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
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    type of:
    engraving, etching
    making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
  2. noun
    an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
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    type of:
    etching
    an impression made from an etched plate
  3. verb
    etch in aquatint
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    type of:
    etch
    make an etching of
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