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Word entry · 6 letters

graver

Best crossword clue

"Burin tool"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted aegrrvStarts with GEnds with R2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a tool used by an engraver

Word origin

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

Used in a sentence

  • 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
  • […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Burin tool6 letters
02Engraving tool6 letters

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