gravure

gra·vure  (gr-vyr)

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.

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[French, from graver, to engrave, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see ghrebh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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gravure [grəˈvjʊə]

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a method of intaglio printing using a plate with many small etched recesses See also rotogravure

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) See photogravure

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) matter printed by this process

[from French, from graver to engrave, of Germanic origin; see grave³]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gravure - 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 intaglio, intaglio printing printing process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication photogravure - printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
	2.	gravure - a printing plate used in the process of gravure engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
	3.	gravure - an intaglio print produced by gravure heliogravure, photogravure print - a picture or design printed from an engraving
	4.	gravure - the act of intaglio printing printing - the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution photogravure, rotogravure - using photography to produce a plate for printing