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prepress

prepress adjective: before going to press.

Adjective

prepress (not comparable)

  1. Before going to press.

Noun

prepress (plural prepresses)

  1. A machine for pressing most of the oil from oilseeds before the remainder is extracted using solvents.

Forms of prepress

pluralprepresses

Origin of prepress

From pre- + press.

Questions about prepress

What does prepress mean?
Prepress means before going to press.
What part of speech is prepress?
Prepress can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prepress in the dictionary

  1. preprepared
  2. preprepares
  3. prepreparing
  4. prepresbyopic
  5. prepresidential
  6. prepress
  7. prepresses
  8. preprice
  9. prepriced
  10. preprices
  11. prepricing

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