Definition of "gravure" []

• A method of printing with etched plates or cylinders; intaglio printing. (noun)
• Photogravure. (noun)
• A plate used in the process of gravure. (noun)
• A reproduction produced by gravure. (noun)

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• "Atsuko Maeda, 17, a member of idol group AKB48, on Sunday held an event to introduce her first "gravure" photo book at Fukuya-shoten book shop in Ginza."
• "In addition to her appearances in many best-selling AVs, she has done several "gravure" or glamour photo shoots and videos."
• "Mr. Petit, using the pseudonym Yvon, took exquisite postcard photographs of Paris that he had run off in England on a gravure press in lots of 10,000."