underprint
Meanings
adj
- The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.
noun
- Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
- a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
- A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From under- + print.
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