silkscreen

silk-screen

also silk·screen (sĭlk′skrēn′)n.1. A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. Also called screenprinting, silk-screen process.2. A print made by this method.

silk′-screen′ v.

silkscreen

(ˈsɪlkskriːn) n1. (Crafts) a screen used in the screen process of printing2. (Crafts) a print made by this processvb (Crafts) (tr) to print via the screen process

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(ˈsɪlkˌskrin)

n. 1. Also called silk′screen proc`ess. 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. v.t. 3. to print by silkscreen. [1940–45]

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Noun	1.	silkscreen - a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencilserigraph, silk screen printprint - a picture or design printed from an engraving
Verb	1.	silkscreen - print by silkscreenartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"print - make into a print; "print the negative"

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noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil

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verb print by silkscreen

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