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printing press

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printing press
n.
A machine that transfers lettering or images by contact with various forms of inked surface onto paper or similar material fed into it in various ways.

printing press
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any of various machines used for printing
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Noun1.printing pressprinting press - a machine used for printing          
bed - the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
cylinder press, flatbed press - a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type
machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
rotary press - a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder
standing press - a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically
Translations
printing press npressa tipografica
printing press npressa tipografica


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He was accused of "taking part in conversations against the censorship, of reading a letter from Byelinsky to Gogol, and of knowing of the intention to set up a printing press.
If the aim was the dissemination of ideas, the printing press could have accomplished that much better than warfare.
I was glad to know that we were to have a little printing press on board and issue a daily newspaper of our own.
 
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