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 • Hypernyms: printing, printing process • Hyponyms: photogravure 2. a printing plate used in the process of gravure • Hypernyms: engraving 3. an intaglio print produced by gravure • Syn: photogravure, heliogravure • Hypernyms: print 4. the act of intaglio printing • Derivationally related forms: engrave • Hypernyms: printing • Hyponyms: photogravure, rotogravure
