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inscription

  • noun
  • in·scrip·tion
  • /ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/

The act of inscribing.

Other meanings

  1. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.

  2. The text on a coin.

    “The coin bears an inscription in Latin.”

Related words

  • inscriptional
  • inscriptioned
  • inscriptionist
  • inscriptionless
  • reinscription

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “inscription” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.