Associations to the word «Gravure»

Wiktionary

GRAVURE, noun. (arts) (printing) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.

Dictionary definition

GRAVURE, 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.
GRAVURE, noun. A printing plate used in the process of gravure.
GRAVURE, noun. An intaglio print produced by gravure.
GRAVURE, noun. The act of intaglio printing.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne