Synonyms

printing press

American

noun

a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.

printing press British

noun

any of various machines used for printing

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

printing presses

plural

Etymology

Origin of printing press

First recorded in 1580–90

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Preobrazhenskoe and its theatre, 23 Pre-Raphaelites, the, 226 Printing press, the first, 21 Propagandists of Western Ideas the, 148 f.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice

Printing press, private, an appalling form of bibliomania, 293 —possession of, by Sir Alexander Boswell, 294.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill

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