Meanings
plural gravures
- countableuncountableartA 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 Post1 more example
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 Evening Star was broached to him.
1964 December, “New Books”, in Modern Railways, page 429 - JapancountableuncountableA style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan gravat
- gravatprinting method
Czech hlubotisk
- hlubotiskprinting method
Finnish syväpaino
- syväpainoprinting method
Greek γκραβούρα, χαλκογραφία
- γκραβούρα (gkravoúra)printing method
- χαλκογραφία (chalkografía)printing method
Polish grawiura
- grawiuraprinting method
Romanian gravură
- gravurăprinting method
Cite this entry
gravure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravure
“gravure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravure. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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