silkscreen

[ silk-skreen ]

/ ˈsɪlkˌskrin /

noun

Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.

a print made by this technique.

verb (used with object)

to print by silkscreen.

adjective

of, made by, or printed with silkscreen.

Nearby words

silk-tassel, silkaline, silken, silkie, silko, silkscreen, silkweed, silkworm, silkworm moth, silky, silky anteater

Origin of silkscreen

First recorded in 1940–45; silk + screen