photoengraving
[ foh-toh-en-grey-ving ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊ ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /
noun
a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
a plate so produced.
a print made from it.
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Definition for photoengraving (2 of 2)
photoengrave
[ foh-toh-en-greyv ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊ ɛnˈgreɪv /
verb (used with object), pho·to·en·graved, pho·to·en·grav·ing.
to make a photoengraving of.
OTHER WORDS FROM photoengrave
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Example sentences from the Web for photoengraving
That was the photoengraving place that you talked about, wasn't it, in your testimony?
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyBlocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.
Up To Date Business|VariousThere are about 100 men in the city engaged in the different processes of photoengraving.
Wage Earning and Education|R. R. LutzOther departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.
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British Dictionary definitions for photoengraving (1 of 2)
photoengraving
/ (ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ) /
noun
a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
a plate made by this process
a print made from such a plate
British Dictionary definitions for photoengraving (2 of 2)
photoengrave
/ (ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪv) /
verb
(tr) to reproduce (an illustration) by photoengraving
Derived forms of photoengrave
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