[syn: gravure, photogravure, heliogravure]
4. the act of intaglio printing;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gravure
n 1: 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]
2: a printing plate used in the process of gravure
3: an intaglio print produced by gravure [syn: gravure,
photogravure, heliogravure]
4: the act of intaglio printing
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "gravure":
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