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gravure

engraving, print

noun grah-VOOR Rare
Arts & Culture Visual Arts

Usage Note

Gravure covers the craft of engraving (cutting designs into metal, wood, or stone) as well as the resulting printed image. Gravure sur bois is woodcut, gravure à l'eau-forte is etching. In modern usage une belle gravure often refers simply to a framed decorative print. The verb graver means 'to engrave' or informally 'to burn' a CD.

Examples

"Cette vieille gravure orne le salon."

Natural Translation

This old engraving decorates the living room.

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