PRINTING PRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does printing press mean? 

• PRINTING PRESS (noun)
  The noun PRINTING PRESS has 1 sense:

1. a machine used for printing

  Familiarity information: PRINTING PRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRINTING PRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A machine used for printing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

press; printing press

Hypernyms ("printing press" is a kind of...):

machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)

Meronyms (parts of "printing press"):

bed (the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "printing press"):

cylinder press; flatbed press (a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type)

rotary press (a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder)

standing press (a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically)