Word: engraving
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
gra
ving
Definition: The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: in, into, on, onto
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: grave
Language: en
Meaning: to carve, engrave
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.