Definition of gravure - WordReference.com Dictionary

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gravure
A	noun
	1	gravure
			intaglio printing
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚transaction; dealing; dealings ╚commerce; commercialism; mercantilism ╚commercial enterprise; business enterprise; business ╚printing ╚gravure ╚photogravure; rotogravure
	2	gravure, photogravure, heliogravure
			an intaglio print produced by gravure
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚art; fine art ╚graphic art ╚print ╚gravure, photogravure, heliogravure
	3	gravure
			a printing plate used in the process of gravure
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚sheet; flat solid ╚plate ╚engraving ╚gravure
	4	intaglio printing, intaglio, 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
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing ╚printing; printing process ╚intaglio printing, intaglio, gravure ╚photogravure

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