English Explanatory Dictionary

presswork

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

presswork pressworks

Etymology

From press + -work.

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