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screen-print

American  
[skreen-print] / ˈskrinˌprɪnt /
Or screenprint

noun

  1. a print made by the silkscreen process.


verb (used with object)

  1. to print by silkscreen.

Etymology

Origin of screen-print

First recorded in 1925–30; (silk)screen ( def. ) + print ( def. )


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When those employees left, they had to learn how to screen-print and embroider themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

After graduating he enrolled in a graphic design course at Chaffey College to learn how to screen-print.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2021

The few rolls he did develop he intended to screen-print on to silk scarves, but Leeds Art Gallery took an interest in the images and gave him his first exhibition in 1975.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2019

You’ll also pass excellent vintage shops and record stores, small art galleries, a working silversmith and a local designer’s screen-print T-shirt stall.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2019

He had worn the same haircut for ten years, and dressed in the same screen-print T-shirts and bluejeans, but his perception of himself was changing.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 20, 2015

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