'Inscription' definitions:
Definition of 'inscription'
(from WordNet)
noun
Letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something [syn: inscription, lettering]
noun
A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something [syn: dedication, inscription]
noun
The activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
Definition of 'Inscription'
From: GCIDE
- Inscription \In*scrip"tion\, n. [L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See Inscribe.]
- 1. The act or process of inscribing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inscription'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acknowledgments,
- arch,
- back,
- back matter,
- barrow,
- bastard title,
- bibliography,
- booking,
- boundary stone,
- brass,
- burr,
- bust,
- cairn,
- cataloging,
- catch line,
- catchword,
- cenotaph,
- chiseling,
- chronicling,
- colophon,
- column,
- contents,
- contents page,
- copyright page,
- coup de plume,
- cromlech,
- cross,
- cross-hatching,
- cryptography,
- cup,
- cyclolith,
- dedication,
- demitint,
- device,
- dolmen,
- endleaf,
- endpaper,
- endsheet,
- engravement,
- engraving,
- engrossment,
- enlistment,
- enrollment,
- entering,
- entry,
- epigraph,
- epitaph,
- epithet,
- errata,
- etch,
- etching,
- flyleaf,
- folio,
- footstone,
- fore edge,
- foreword,
- front matter,
- gem-engraving,
- glass-cutting,
- glyptic,
- grave,
- gravestone,
- graving,
- half tint,
- half-title page,
- hatching,
- head,
- headstone,
- hic jacet,
- hoarstone,
- impanelment,
- imprint,
- incision,
- index,
- indexing,
- initialing,
- ink spilling,
- inkslinging,
- inscribing,
- inscript,
- insertion,
- introduction,
- inventorying,
- leaf,
- lettering,
- line,
- lining,
- listing,
- logging,
- macrography,
- makeup,
- marker,
- marking,
- matriculation,
- mausoleum,
- megalith,
- memento,
- memorial,
- memorial arch,
- memorial column,
- memorial statue,
- memorial stone,
- menhir,
- micrography,
- monolith,
- monument,
- motto,
- mound,
- necrology,
- obelisk,
- obituary,
- page,
- pen,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil driving,
- pillar,
- plaque,
- posting,
- preface,
- preliminaries,
- prize,
- pyramid,
- record keeping,
- recordation,
- recording,
- recto,
- register,
- registration,
- registry,
- reliquary,
- remembrance,
- reverso,
- ribbon,
- rostral column,
- running title,
- score,
- scoring,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrivenery,
- scrivening,
- secret writing,
- shaft,
- shrine,
- signature,
- slash,
- slashing,
- slogan,
- stela,
- stipple,
- stippling,
- stone,
- stupa,
- subtitle,
- table of contents,
- tablet,
- tabulation,
- tag line,
- tail,
- testimonial,
- text,
- tint,
- title,
- title page,
- tomb,
- tombstone,
- tombstone marking,
- tooling,
- tope,
- transcription,
- transliteration,
- trim size,
- trophy,
- type page,
- type-cutting,
- typewriting,
- typing,
- verso,
- watchword,
- writing