intaglio

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=tagl=io

CIDE DICTIONARY

intaglio, n. [It., fr. intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in + tagliare to cut, carve. See Detail.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intaglio, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -os)
1 a gem with an incised design (cf. CAMEO).
2 an engraved design.
3 a carving, esp. incised, in hard material.
4 a process of printing from an engraved design.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed)
1 engrave (material) with a sunk pattern or design.
2 engrave (such a design).

Etymology

It. (as INTAGLIATED)

THESAURUS

intaglio

anaglyph, aquatint, bas-relief, boss, burin, cameo, cameo glass, cast, cavo-rilievo, cerography, chalcography, crayon engraving, cribbling, cut glass, die, drypoint, embossment, engraving tool, etching, etching ball, etching ground, etching needle, etching point, form, glyph, glyptograph, graver, high relief, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, last, low relief, mask, matrix, medal, medallion, metal cut, mezzotint, mint, mold, needle, negative, photoengraving, plaquette, plate engraving, point, punch, pyrogravure, relief, relief method, relievo, rocker, scorper, sculptured glass, seal, shoe last, stamp, steel engraving, style, template, wood engraving, woodburning, woodcut, zincography

ROGET THESAURUS

intaglio

Prototype

N prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type, archetype, antitype, protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm, lay-figure, text, copy, design, fugleman, keynote, die, mold, matrix, last, plasm, proplasm, protoplasm, mint, seal, punch, intaglio, negative, stamp, a precedent embalms a principle, exempla sunt odiosa.

Concavity

N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.

Sculpture

N sculpture, insculpture, carving, statuary, high relief, low relief, bas relief, relief, relieve, bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo, intaglio, anaglyph, medal, medallion, cameo, marble, bronze, terra cotta, papier-mache, ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware, cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma, statue, cast, glyptotheca, sculptured, v, in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic, parian, marble, xanthian.