photogravure

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pho=to=gra=vure

CIDE DICTIONARY

photogravure, n. [F.].

 A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

photogravure, n.
1 an image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
2 this process .

Etymology

F (as PHOTO-, gravure engraving)

ROGET THESAURUS

photogravure

Engraving

N engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian, insculptured, engraved, lapidary, sculpsit, imprimit.