printing
noun /ˈprɪn.tɪŋ/
/-t̬ɪŋ/ Definition
› [U] the activity or business of producing writing or images on paper or other material with a machine: She runs her own printing business.Printing and word processing › [C] the number of copies of a book that the publisher has produced: The publishers produced a first printing of 2,500.Printing and word processing
(Definition of printing noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Braille noun
- bullet noun
- bullet point noun
- column noun (PRINTING)
- compositor noun
- header noun (TEXT)
- indentation noun (SPACE)
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