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plate press

plate press noun: a press with a flat carriage and a roller, used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.

plate press: a press with a flat carriage and a roller, used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates
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Noun

plate press (plural plate presses)

  1. A press with a flat carriage and a roller, used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.

Forms of plate press

pluralplate presses

Questions about plate press

What does plate press mean?
Plate press means a press with a flat carriage and a roller, used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
What part of speech is plate press?
Plate press is a noun.
What is the plural of plate press?
The plural of plate press is plate presses.

Words near plate press in the dictionary

  1. plate out
  2. plate paper
  3. plate papers
  4. plate powder
  5. plate powders
  6. plate press
  7. plate presses
  8. plate reader
  9. plate readers
  10. plate reverb
  11. plate sale

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