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letterpresses

letterpresses is the plural of letterpress.

Meaning of letterpress

Noun

letterpress (countable and uncountable, plural letterpresses)

  1. The printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image.
  2. Printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.
  3. A machine used for such printing.

Questions about letterpresses

What is letterpresses the plural of?
Letterpresses is the plural of letterpress.

Words near letterpresses in the dictionary

  1. letterns
  2. letterplace
  3. letterplaces
  4. letterpress
  5. letterpressed
  6. letterpresses
  7. letters
  8. letters after one's name
  9. Letters and Science
  10. letters au
  11. letters close

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Adapted from Wiktionary: letterpresses (page history and authors); letterpress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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