INTAGLIO PRINTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intaglio printing mean? 

• INTAGLIO PRINTING (noun)
  The noun INTAGLIO PRINTING has 1 sense:

1. a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

  Familiarity information: INTAGLIO PRINTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTAGLIO PRINTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

gravure; intaglio; intaglio printing

Hypernyms ("intaglio printing" is a kind of...):

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intaglio printing"):

photogravure (printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods)