printing house
printing house noun: an institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.
Noun
printing house (plural printing houses)
- An institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.
- Meronym: imprint (subsidiary printing house or brand name)
- Synonyms:
- publishing house, publisher, printing press, press, printing shop, printshop, printer's, printer, imprimery
- The building where printing occurs.
- Synonyms:
- printing shop, printshop, printer's, printworks
- A place to make personal copies.
printing house meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Odia
printing house in Hindi
- company chiefly devoted to printing
- छापाख़ाना chāpāxānā, छापेख़ाना chāpexānā
printing house in Tamil
- அச்சுக்கூடம்
printing house in Urdu
- company chiefly devoted to printing
- مَطْبَع خانَہ matba' xāna, مَطْبَعَہ matba'a
printing house in Odia
- printing house; press
- ଛାପାଖାନା chāpākhānā
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- printing house in Tagalog
- palimbagan
- printing house in Arabic
- مَطْبَعَة maṭbaʕa
- printing house in Thai
- โรงพิมพ์ roong-pim
- printing house in Vietnamese
- nhà in, xưởng in, nhà máy in
- printing house in Myanmar
- ပုံနှိပ်ဆိုင် pumhniphcuing
Synonyms of printing house
- publishing house
- publisher
- printing press
- press
- printing shop
- printshop
- printer's
- printer
- imprimery
- printworks
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Forms of printing house
| plural | printing houses |
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Origin of printing house
From the expansive sense of house to refer to any building, particularly those like shops or workshops where people work together for a common purpose. Originally used in reference to printing workshops supplying or included within a bookshop; later used more expansively to refer to any institution or company involved in printing.
Questions about printing house
- What does printing house mean?
- Printing house means an institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.
- What is printing house in Hindi?
- Printing house in Hindi is छापाख़ाना (chāpāxānā), छापेख़ाना (chāpexānā). See Printing house meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is printing house?
- Printing house is a noun.
- What is the plural of printing house?
- The plural of printing house is printing houses.
Words near printing house in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: printing house (page history and authors); printing house (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଛାପାଖାନା (Odia) (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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