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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

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;


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