hot-press

American  

[hot-pres] / ˈhɒtˌprɛs /

noun

1. a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.

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verb (used with object)

1. to subject to treatment in a hot-press.

hot-press British  

noun

1. a machine for applying a combination of heat and pressure to give a smooth surface to paper, to express oil from it, etc

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verb

1. (tr) to subject (paper, cloth, etc) to heat and pressure to give it a smooth surface or extract oil

Other Word Forms

• hot-presser noun

Etymology

Origin of hot-press

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

The tenants include a coffee shop, a dance studio, electrical and plumbing contractors, a blacksmith and woodworkers, two brothers who hot-press T-shirts and a blueprint business, which downsized after the collapse of the housing market.

From New York Times

Considering the advance made by public sentiment an all questions connected with personal liberty, “a hot-press on the Thames” would hardly stand the ordeal of an investigation in Parliament at the present day.

From Project Gutenberg

The result of this hot-press was four hundred men, captured that forenoon.

From Project Gutenberg

There lurk his earlier lays, but soon, hot-press'd, Behold a quarto!—tarts must tell the rest!

From Project Gutenberg

It will be a surprise to those who have been educated to associate Mr. Jefferson's name with indifference, if not open hostility, to revealed religion, to find among his expenses—some entered as charity, but most of them, exclusive of what is reported under the charity rubric—entries like the following: 1792 Nov 27 Pd Mr B a Subscription for missionaries 15 D. 1798 Feby 26 pd 5D in part of 20D Subscription for a hot-press bible 1801 June 25 Gave order on J Barnes for 25D towards fitting up a chapel.

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