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Gravure

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Noun

1. gravure, intaglio, intaglio printing

a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

2. gravure

a printing plate used in the process of gravure

3. gravure, heliogravure, photogravure

an intaglio print produced by gravure

4. gravure

the act of intaglio printing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gravure

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noun
1. 
a method of intaglio printing using a plate with many small etched recesses
See also rotogravure
2.  photogravure
3. 
matter printed by this process

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Gravure

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noun
1. 
a. 
any process using intaglio printing plates
b. 
such a plate or a print made by such a process
2. 
a. 
photogravure
b. 
rotogravure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gravure

see synonyms of gravure
n.
1.
a. A method of printing with etched plates or cylinders; intaglio printing.
b. Photogravure.
2.
a. A plate used in the process of gravure.
b. A reproduction produced by gravure.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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