gravure

Plural: gravures

Noun

• 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
• a printing plate used in the process of gravure
• an intaglio print produced by gravure
• the act of intaglio printing
• A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
• A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

Synonyms

heliogravure, intaglio, intaglio printing, photogravure

Related Words

autogravure, photogravure, pyrogravure, rotogravure