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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
Synonyms: printer, printing house, &c
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of printing, the art or act of printing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: printing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of print, a single instance of printing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete
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Synonyms: print
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French imprimerie, from imprimer (“to print, to imprint”) + -erie (“-ery”), from im- (“in-”) + primer (“to print”). Equivalent to imprint + -ery.
