Machine for printing

  • 1printing press — ► NOUN ▪ a machine for printing from type or plates …

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  • 2printing press — /ˈprɪntɪŋ prɛs/ (say printing pres) noun a machine for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc. Compare press1 (def. 33) …

  • 3printing press — noun a machine for printing from type or plates …

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  • 4Printing press — For the history and technology of movable type, see Movable type. Printing press from 1811, exhibited in Munich, Germany …

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  • 5machine — machine, mechanism, machinery, apparatus, engine, motor are comparable especially when they denote a device or system by which energy can be converted into useful work. Machine is at once the most fundamental of these terms and the most varied in …

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  • 6machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… …

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  • 7printing press — printing presses N COUNT A printing press is a machine used for printing, especially one that can print books, newspapers, or documents in large numbers …

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  • 8printing press — machine with inked type or plates for printing on paper or other material that is passed through the machine …

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  • 9printing press — printing ,press noun count a machine that is used for printing newspapers, books, magazines, etc …

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  • 10printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …

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