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Gravure

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder. countable, uncountable

    "for too long have the walls of our houses been adorned with examples of effete Old World portrait gravure."

  2. 2
    the act of intaglio printing wordnet
  3. 3
    A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography. Japan, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an intaglio print produced by gravure wordnet
  5. 5
    a printing plate used in the process of gravure wordnet
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  1. 6
    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 wordnet

Etymology

Short for rotogravure.

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