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printing roll

printing roll noun: in offset printing and flexography, a cylinder carrying the printing form.

Noun

printing roll (plural printing rolls)

  1. In offset printing and flexography, a cylinder carrying the printing form.
  2. In gravure printing, a cylinder which is itself the printing form.

Forms of printing roll

pluralprinting rolls

Questions about printing roll

What does printing roll mean?
Printing roll means in offset printing and flexography, a cylinder carrying the printing form.
What part of speech is printing roll?
Printing roll is a noun.
What is the plural of printing roll?
The plural of printing roll is printing rolls.

Words near printing roll in the dictionary

  1. printing out
  2. printing paper
  3. printing papers
  4. printing press
  5. printing presses
  6. printing roll
  7. printing rolls
  8. printing shop
  9. printing shops
  10. printing telegraph
  11. printing up

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