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block printing

block printing noun: a method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.

Noun

block printing (uncountable)

  1. A method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.
  2. Synonym of woodblock printing.
    • This invention seems never to have been developed to any practical application in superseding block-printing.1883, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants

block printing meaning in Tamil

block printing in Tamil

கட்டையாலச்சடித்தல்

Synonyms of block printing

Questions about block printing

What does block printing mean?
Block printing means a method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.
What is block printing in Tamil?
Block printing in Tamil is கட்டையாலச்சடித்தல். See Block printing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is block printing?
Block printing is a noun.

Words near block printing in the dictionary

  1. block post
  2. block posts
  3. block print
  4. block printer
  5. block printers
  6. block printing
  7. block scope
  8. block scopes
  9. block section
  10. block sections
  11. block signal

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