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printmaking

printmaking noun: the field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.

Noun

printmaking (uncountable)

  1. The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.

Origin of printmaking

From print + making.

Questions about printmaking

What does printmaking mean?
Printmaking means the field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.
What part of speech is printmaking?
Printmaking is a noun.

Words near printmaking in the dictionary

  1. printlike
  2. printline
  3. printlines
  4. printmaker
  5. printmakers
  6. printmaking
  7. printo
  8. printoff
  9. printoffs
  10. printout
  11. printouts

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