printshop
UK/ˈpɹɪnt.ʃɒp/
printshop noun: a shop that sells prints.
Noun
printshop (plural printshops)
- A shop that sells prints.
- He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- printseller, printseller's, copy shop
- A shop providing commercial copying and printing services.
- Synonym of printing house, an institutional or commercial mass publisher.
- As we have seen, government regulated the number of printshops throughout the realm [...] and enforced censorship throughout the land.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 263
- Synonyms:
- printing house
Synonyms of printshop
- printseller
- printseller's
- copy shop
- printing house
Forms of printshop
| plural | printshops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | print shop |
| alternative form | print-shop |
Origin of printshop
From print + shop.
Questions about printshop
- What does printshop mean?
- Printshop means a shop that sells prints.
- What part of speech is printshop?
- Printshop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce printshop?
- Printshop is pronounced /ˈpɹɪnt.ʃɒp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of printshop?
- The plural of printshop is printshops.
Words near printshop in the dictionary
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