printing press
printing press noun: a mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
Noun
printing press (plural printing presses)
- A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
- Lenin constantly repeated that the 'so-called freedom of the Press' was a bourgeois deceit, like freedom of assembly and the right to form parties, since in a bourgeois society the common people had no printing presses and no rooms in which to assemble.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- Synonym of printing house (“an institutional or commercial publisher”).
- Synonyms:
- press, printworks, printing house
printing press meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
printing press in Hindi
- machine for printing
- छापेख़ाना chāpexānā, छापाख़ाना chāpāxānā, मुद्रणालय mudraṇālay, प्रेस pres
printing press in Tamil
- அச்சகம், அச்சுப்பொறி
printing press in Urdu
- machine for printing
- چھاپا خانَہ chāpā xāna, مَطْبَعَہ matba'a
printing press in Kannada
- ಅಚ್ಚುಕೂಟ, ಅಚ್ಚುಮನೆ, ಮುದ್ರಣಾಲಯ
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- printing press in Punjabi
- ਛਾਪਾਖ਼ਾਨਾ chāpāxānā
- printing press in Tagalog
- limbagan, palimbagan
- printing press in Arabic
- آلَةُ طِبَاعَة ʔālatu ṭibāʕa, آلَةُ الطِّبَاعَة ʔālatu ṭ-ṭibāʕa
- printing press in Malay
- mesin cetak
- printing press in Indonesian
- mesin cetak
- printing press in Thai
- แท่นพิมพ์
- printing press in Vietnamese
- máy in ép
Synonyms of printing press
Forms of printing press
| plural | printing presses |
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Words formed from printing press
Questions about printing press
- What does printing press mean?
- Printing press means a mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
- What is printing press in Hindi?
- Printing press in Hindi is छापेख़ाना (chāpexānā), छापाख़ाना (chāpāxānā), मुद्रणालय (mudraṇālay). See Printing press meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is printing press?
- Printing press is a noun.
- What is the plural of printing press?
- The plural of printing press is printing presses.
Words near printing press in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: printing press (page history and authors); printing press (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); printing press (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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