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Webster 1913 Edition


Presswork

Press′workˊ

(prĕs′wûrkˊ)
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Noun.
1.
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
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Definition 2024


presswork

presswork

English

Noun

presswork (countable and uncountable, plural pressworks)

  1. The operation of a printing press
  2. printed material
  3. (metalwork) The act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; or the product of such work.
  4. (cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
  5. Pottery produced by pressing clay into moulds.