etch

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/ɛtʃ/ English

Definitions

verb

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
To engrave a surface.
To make a lasting impression.“The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.”
To sketch; to delineate.

noun

An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth.

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Synonyms

engraving engrave embossed imprint recording delineate recorded ingrain logo shot bite in pickle electroplate electropolish stop out sour

Associated

passivation etching wafer anisotropy wafers etched anisotropic mems isotropic protease sketch silicon

Rhymes

kvetch fetch quetch sketch dretch stretch letch retch wretch fletch

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