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
   "gravure is often used for creating fine art prints and banknotes";
   - intaglio printing, intaglio
    
2. The act of intaglio printing
   "The art book featured stunning gravure reproductions of famous paintings"
    
3. A printing plate used in the process of gravure
   "The printer carefully prepared the gravure for the high-quality magazine prints"
    
4. An intaglio print produced by gravure
   "The museum displayed a collection of rare gravure prints";
   - photogravure, heliogravure

Derived forms: gravures

Type of: engraving, print, printing, printing process

Encyclopedia: Gravure