WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
soft′ ground′, 
    1. Printing, Fine Artan etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Cf. hard ground. 
    2. Printing, Fine Arta technique of etching in which a design is drawn on paper placed on a plate covered with a soft ground, resulting in a granular effect resembling pencil, chalk, or crayon.

'soft ground' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bog - founder - grillage - hard ground - raft

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