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
2.
a print made by this technique
transitive verb
3.
to print by silkscreen
adjective
4.
of, made by, or printed with silkscreen
Word origin
[1940–45; silk + screen]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, blockbuster, debrief, redline, zap
Examples of 'silkscreen' in a sentence
silkscreen
His groundbreaking silkscreen experiments of the 1960s are represented at their best.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Other passions included classical music and silkscreen printing.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This silkscreen is from a series that takes the same outlines and prints them in different colours.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All related terms of 'silkscreen'
silk-screen
Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material .
silk-screen print
a type of print made with a stencil and a fine mesh screen . Ink is applied to and forced through the small holes in the screen leaving the covered area free from ink
silk-screen process
a stencil method of printing a flat color design through a piece of silk or other fine cloth on which all parts of the design not to be printed have been stopped out by an impermeable film
silkscreen printing
a method of printing using a fine mesh of silk , nylon , etc, treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is subsequently forced onto the paper behind
screen printing
a method of printing using a fine mesh of silk , nylon , etc, treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is subsequently forced onto the paper behind
screen process
a method of printing using a fine mesh of silk , nylon , etc, treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is subsequently forced onto the paper behind