mezzotint

Meaning of mezzotint

noun
  1. a print made from an engraved copper or steel plate, the surface of which has been scraped and polished to give areas of shade and light respectively. The technique was much used in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries for the reproduction of paintings.
    a series of mezzotints produced in the early 19th century
verb
  1. engrave (a picture) in mezzotint.
    he practised engraving, mezzotinting, and water colouring

from Italian mezzotinto, from mezzo ‘half’ + tinto ‘tint’.

Information about mezzotint

  • The plural form of mezzotint is: mezzotints.
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Hyphenation of mezzotint

mez-zotint

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • mezzotint is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with mezzotint

tint, aquatint, photoaquatint, retint, Craftint, demitint, electrotint, lithotint, monotint, papyrotint, overtint, undertint, astint, stint

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