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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Printing \Print"ing\, n.
     The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters,
     or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business
     of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their
     adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic
     prints.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Block printing. See under Block.
  
     Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a
        glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to
        light.
  
     Printing house, a printing office.
  
     Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc.
        It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with
        linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning.
        Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities.
        --Ure.
  
     Printing office, a place where books, pamphlets, or
        newspapers, etc., are printed.
  
     Printing paper, paper used in the printing of books,
        pamphlets, newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from
        writing paper, wrapping paper, etc.
  
     Printing press, a press for printing, books, newspaper,
        handbills, etc.
  
     Printing wheel, a wheel with letters or figures on its
        periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in
        ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Printing \Print"ing\, n.
     The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters,
     or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business
     of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their
     adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic
     prints.
  
     Block printing. See under Block.
  
     Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a
        glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to
        light.
  
     Printing house, a printing office.
  
     Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc.
        It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with
        linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning.
        Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities.
        --Ure.
  
     Printing office, a place where books, pamphlets, or
        newspapers, etc., are printed.
  
     Printing paper, paper used in the printing of books,
        pamphlets, newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from
        writing paper, wrapping paper, etc.
  
     Printing press, a press for printing, books, newspaper,
        handbills, etc.
  
     Printing wheel, a wheel with letters or figures on its
        periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in
        ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  printing press
       n : a machine used for printing [syn: press]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  printing press
     n.
     1 A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
     2 (lb en metonymy) (synonym of en printing house), (ngd: an
  institutional or commercial publisher).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  printing press
     n.
     1 A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
     2 (lb en metonymy) (synonym of en printing house), (ngd: an
  institutional or commercial publisher).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  printing press
     n.
     1 A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
     2 (lb en metonymy) (synonym of en printing house), (ngd: an
  institutional or commercial publisher).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  printing press
     n.
     1 A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
     2 (lb en metonymy) (synonym of en printing house), (ngd: an
  institutional or commercial publisher).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  printing press
     Englanti n.
     painokone, myös setelipaino

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  printing press /pɹˈɪntɪŋ pɹˈɛs/
  tiskařský lis

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  printing press /pɹˈɪntɪŋ pɹˈɛs/
  Druckmaschine , Druckpresse  [print]
        "sheed-fed printing press"  - Bogendruckmaschine, Bogenmaschine
     Synonym: printing machine
  
   see: printing machines, printing presses, single web press, multi web press, wallpaper machine, on press
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  printing press /pɹˈɪntɪŋ pɹˈɛs/
   [hand-operated] Druckerpresse  [handbetriebene] , Druckpresse  [print]  [hist.]
   see: printing presses
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  printing press /pɹˈɪntɪŋ pɹˈɛs/ 
  painokone
  machine for printing

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  printing press /pɹˈɪntɪŋ pɹˈɛs/
  tiskarski

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  printing press /pɹˈɪntɪŋ pɹˈɛs/ 
  印刷機
  machine for printing

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  printing press /pɹˈɪntɪŋ pɹˈɛs/ 
  tryckpress
  machine for printing

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     印刷机

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