printing pressnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɪn.tɪŋ ˌpres/us/ˈprɪn.t̬ɪŋ ˌpres/a machine that prints books, newspapers, or magazines
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- indentation
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- roman
- sans serif
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Examples from literature
- Before the printing press, new ideas could not travel easily around the world.
- By the year 1500, many cities in Europe had a printing press.
- He called his machine a printing press.
- The printing press used metal letters, ink, and paper.