Gravure

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]
       2: a printing plate used in the process of gravure


       3: an intaglio print produced by gravure [syn: {photogravure},
          {heliogravure}]
       4: intaglio printing

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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