'gravure' definitions:
Definition of 'gravure'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: intaglio printing, intaglio, gravure]
noun
A printing plate used in the process of gravure
noun
An intaglio print produced by gravure [syn: gravure, photogravure, heliogravure]
noun
The act of intaglio printing
Synonyms of 'gravure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- albertype,
- book printing,
- chromotypography,
- chromotypy,
- chromoxylography,
- collotype,
- color printing,
- electronography,
- electrostatic printing,
- graphic arts,
- halftone engraving,
- history of printing,
- job printing,
- letterpress,
- letterpress photoengraving,
- line engraving,
- lithography,
- lithogravure,
- lithophotogravure,
- mimeograph,
- offset,
- offset lithography,
- onset,
- palaeotypography,
- photo-offset,
- photochemical process,
- photoengraving,
- photogelatin process,
- photographic reproduction,
- photography,
- photolithography,
- phototypography,
- phototypy,
- photozincography,
- planographic printing,
- planography,
- printing,
- printmaking,
- publication,
- publishing,
- relief printing,
- rotary photogravure,
- rotogravure,
- sheetwork,
- stencil,
- three-color printing,
- two-color printing,
- typography,
- typolithography,
- wood-block printing,
- xerography,
- xeroprinting,
- xylotypography,
- zincography