print-shop
Definition
Noun: A "print-shop" is a place where printing is done, such as a commercial establishment that produces books, newspapers, pamphlets, or other printed materials. It typically contains presses, type, and other equipment used for the mechanical reproduction of text and images on paper or other surfaces.
Usage Examples
- (A commercial printing establishment.)
- (A place where newspapers were printed.)
- (The proprietor of a printing business.)
Advanced Usage
- "to set up a print-shop": to establish a business or workspace for printing.
- After learning the trade, he decided to set up his own print-shop in the city centre. (To start a printing business.)
- "a print-shop floor": the physical area where printing machinery is located and operated.
- The noise on the print-shop floor was deafening as the presses ran all day. (The work area for printing operations.)
Variants and Related Words
- Printing shop (noun): a synonymous term for "print-shop".
- The printing shop was busy with orders for wedding invitations. (A place for commercial printing.)
- Printing press (noun): the machine used in a print-shop to produce printed materials.
- The invention of the printing press revolutionised the print-shop industry. (The key equipment in a print-shop.)
- Printmaker (noun): a person who creates prints, often working in a print-shop.
- The printmaker spent hours at the press in the print-shop. (An artist or worker who produces prints.)
Synonyms
- Press: a term often used to refer to a printing establishment or the industry as a whole.
- The local press handled all the government contracts for forms and pamphlets. (A printing business.)
- Printing house: a formal term for a commercial printing establishment.
- The printing house specialised in high-quality art books. (A print-shop.)
- Printery: a less common synonym for a place where printing is done.
- The old printery had been in operation since the 1920s. (A print-shop.)
Related Idioms
- "Hot off the press": referring to something freshly printed or newly published.
- The newspapers were hot off the press from the print-shop and still smelled of ink. (Just printed and very new.)
- "Put something to the press": to send a document or text to be printed.
- The editor put the final version of the book to the print-shop last week. (To submit for printing.)