printing press

English

Recreated Gutenberg press at the International Printing Museum, Carson, California

Noun

printing press (plural printing presses)

  1. A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
  2. (metonymically) Synonym of printing house (an institutional or commercial publisher).
    Synonyms: press, printworks

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