photogravure, rotogravure
(noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing
gravure, photogravure, heliogravure
(noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure
photogravure
(noun) printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
photogravure (countable and uncountable, plural photogravures)
(uncountable) An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.
(countable) A print so made.
• rotogravure
photogravure (third-person singular simple present photogravures, present participle photogravuring, simple past and past participle photogravured)
To print by this process.
Source: Wiktionary
Pho`to*grav"ure, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 October 2024
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
