1. a printing process using an engraved or etched plate or cylinder
Usage: printing technology
2. a print or illustration made by the gravure process

Examples

• The magazine used gravure printing for its high-quality photographs.
• Gravure produces rich, detailed images with smooth tonal gradations.
• The art book featured beautiful gravure reproductions of famous paintings.
• Newspapers often use gravure for their Sunday color supplements.
• The photographer’s work was published as a series of gravure prints.
• Gravure cylinders are engraved with tiny cells that hold ink.