silkscreen
silkscreen · silkscreens
A sheet of material with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous…A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.
US/ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/
Meaning
1 sensesA sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.
More definitions
- 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
Origin
From silk + screen.From silk + screen.
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Forms
plural: silkscreens| Singular | silkscreen |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:silk screen printserigraph