tusche

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noun

A black liquid used in lithography for drawing and painting and in etching and the silk-screen process as a resist.

OriginGerman Tusche ← French toucher →
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Meanings

nountusche (plural tusches)

plural tusches · alternative tushe · alternative tousche

  1. A black liquid used in lithography for drawing and painting and in etching and the silk-screen process as a resist.

Origin

  1. Frenchtoucher
  2. GermanTusche
  3. Englishtusche

Borrowed from German Tusche, from tuschen, from French toucher.

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Anagrams

SuchetSchute
Cite this entry
APA

tusche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tusche

MLA

“tusche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tusche. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tusche,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tusche.

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