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gravure

gravure noun: a type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.

Noun

gravure (countable and uncountable, plural gravures)

  1. A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
    • for too long have the walls of our houses been adorned with examples of effete Old World portrait gravure.1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post
    • THE POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. By O. S. Nock. Blandford Press. 18s.
      Mr. Nock, he remarks in his preface, was "incredulous" when the idea of this book of 192 colour gravure illustrations of a representative collection of British steam locomotives from Locomotion to BR's...1964 December, “New Books”, in Modern Railways, page 429
  2. (Japan) A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

Forms of gravure

pluralgravures

Origin of gravure

Short for rotogravure.

Questions about gravure

What does gravure mean?
Gravure means a type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
What part of speech is gravure?
Gravure is a noun.
What is the plural of gravure?
The plural of gravure is gravures.

Words near gravure in the dictionary

  1. gravomagnetic
  2. Gravon
  3. gravothermal
  4. gravoturbulent
  5. gravs
  6. gravure
  7. gravure idol
  8. gravures
  9. gravy
  10. gravy boat
  11. gravy boats

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