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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine for printing |
| Synonyms: | press, presswork, printing machine, printing works |
| Concept: | Printing. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; written language |
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-nouns
printing; block printing, type printing; plate printing [engraving] [more]; the press (publication); composition., print, letterpress, text; context, note, page, column., typography; stereotype, electrotype, aprotype; type, black letter, font, fount; pi, pie; capitals (letters); brevier, bourgeois, pica, boldface, capitals, caps., catchword; composing frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, point system: 41/2, 5, 5/2, 6, 7, 8 point, etc.; press room, press work; reglet, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay., folio (book); copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author's proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise., printer, compositor, reader; printer's devil copyholder.
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