noun
Meaning 1
A hand-held tool, with a heated tip, used in pyrography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pyrograph
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
verb
Meaning 2
To make an image on wood (or other materials) by selectively burning the surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a design produced by pyrography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: design, pattern, figure
History
Etymology
Back-formation from pyrography.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Greek: πυρογράφος (pyrográfos) — hand-held tool used in pyrography
- French: pyrograver — make an image on wood (or other materials)
- French: faire de la pyrogravure sur — make an image on wood (or other materials)
- Greek: πυρογραφώ (pyrografó) — make an image on wood (or other materials)
- Ido: pirograbar — make an image on wood (or other materials)