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colorgravure

noun
col·​or·​gravure
variants: or British colour-gravure \ ¦kələ(r)+ \
plural -s

Definition of colorgravure 

: gravure printed in more than one color

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First Known Use of colorgravure

1900, in the meaning defined above

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