What is an inscription?

Answer 1

Dear friend, it depends on the context, for example try the link below:
http://www.fish-forum.info/inscript.htm

Answer 2

an inscription could be a signature, an autograph, a dedication....

in‧scrip‧tion  /ɪnˈskrɪpʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-skrip-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. something inscribed.
2. a historical, religious, or other record cut, impressed, painted, or written on stone, brick, metal, or other hard surface.
3. a brief, usually informal dedication, as of a book or a work of art.
4. a note, as a dedication, that is written and signed by hand in a book.
5. the act of inscribing.
6. Pharmacology. the part of a prescription indicating the drugs and the amounts to be mixed.
7. British. a. an issue of securities or stocks.
b. a block of shares in a stock, as bought or sold by one person.

8. Also called legend. Numismatics. the lettering in the field of a coin, medal, etc.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=inscription&x=38&y=13

Answer 3

1. The act or an instance of inscribing. 2. Something, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed. 3. Something, such as a stone or metal tablet, that is inscribed. 4. An enrollment or a registration of names. 5. a. A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift. b. The usually informal dedication of a book or an artistic work.

Answer 4

inscription can be on anything special really ...it is something that a note of sentimence is left...ie: the gravestone, a carving aor a note on the inside cover of a book

Answer 5

an inscription is a message carved onto something..

Answer 6

letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
dedication: a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

Answer 7

I think it is like an engraving, but only on stone, such as the writing on a gravestone. Have you looked it up in the dictionary?

Answer 8

a carving or etching written in words on stone

Answer 9

something indented. Like an engraving.

Answer 10

something inscribed