GRAVURE

gravure

(noun) the act of intaglio printing

gravure, photogravure, heliogravure

(noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure

gravure

(noun) a printing plate used in the process of gravure

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gravure (countable and uncountable, plural gravures)

(arts, printing) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.

(Japan) A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

Anagrams

• verruga

Source: Wiktionary



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4 March 2025

HYDRAULIC

(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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