pyrography
Americannoun
-
pyrographies
plural
-
the process of burning designs on wood, leather, etc., with a heated tool.
-
a design made by this process.
noun
-
the art or process of burning designs on wood or leather with heated tools or a flame
-
a design made by this process
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of pyrography
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The multitude of indifferently executed small articles which followed the introduction of pyrography is beginning to disappear, people are considering the art more seriously and applying it to more dignified uses.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
Jerry soaked all the labels off a cigar-box, and then burned a most beautiful inscription on the lid with his pyrography outfit.
From Us and the Bottleman by Edith Ballinger Price
The pyrography outfit was produced, and for fifteen minutes Prince Ferdinand William Otto labored, his head on one side, his royal tongue slightly protruded.
From Long Live the King! by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Pyrography Carved paddles, war clubs, hiking sticks, etc., were used to display the artistic ability of the boys who brought to camp pyrography sets.
From Camping For Boys by Henry William Gibson
“Yes; I am going to etch the name ‘Dandelion Camp’ in the wood with a red-hot poker, and sketch the dandelions about the name in pyrography, also.
From Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
