printery
Definition
- Noun (countable):
- A printing establishment: "printery" refers to a place where printing is done, such as a shop or factory that produces printed materials like books, newspapers, or fabrics.
- A fabric-printing works: In American English, "printery" specifically denotes a facility where patterns are printed onto cloth or textiles.
Usage Examples
- (A local printing shop.)
- (A textile-printing factory.)
Advanced Usage
"Commercial printery": a large-scale printing business.
- The commercial printery handled the production of thousands of brochures for the campaign. (A major printing facility.)
"Textile printery": a facility focused on printing designs onto fabric.
- The textile printery used traditional block-printing techniques for the silk scarves. (A specialized fabric-printing plant.)
Variants and Related Words
Printer (n): a person or machine that prints.
- The printer repaired the office printer yesterday. (A person or device that prints.)
Print (v/n): to produce text or images by applying ink; a mark or impression.
- She will print the document later. (The verb form.)
Synonyms
Press: a printing machine or establishment.
- The press runs 24 hours a day to meet deadlines. (A synonym for a printing facility.)
Print shop: a business that offers printing services.
- We ordered the banners from a local print shop. (A smaller-scale printery.)
Related Idioms
"In print": available as a published or printed version.
- The book is still in print after fifty years. (Still being published and sold.)
"Out of print": no longer available from the publisher.
- That old dictionary is out of print. (No longer being printed.)