silkscreen meaning

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silkscreen (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.

silkscreen has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

silkscreen as a noun

  1. 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

    Synonyms: silk screen print, serigraph

    Type of: print

silkscreen as a verb

  1. print by silkscreen

    Type of: print

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SI · words ending in EN · 10-letter words

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