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pressback

pressback noun: a wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press.

Noun

pressback (plural pressbacks)

  1. A wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press.

Forms of pressback

pluralpressbacks

Origin of pressback

From press + back.

Questions about pressback

What does pressback mean?
Pressback means a wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press.
What part of speech is pressback?
Pressback is a noun.
What is the plural of pressback?
The plural of pressback is pressbacks.

Words near pressback in the dictionary

  1. press-to-talk
  2. press-to-transmit
  3. press-up
  4. press-ups
  5. pressable
  6. pressback
  7. pressbacks
  8. pressboard
  9. pressboards
  10. pressbox
  11. pressboxes

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