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gravure

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Short for rotogravure.

noun gravures

countable, uncountable A 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.
Japan, countable, uncountable A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

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noun printing method

Ελληνικά	γκραβούρα gkravoúra, χαλκογραφία chalkografía
Română	gravură

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@misc{gravure_2026,
  title = {gravure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gravure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}