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noun
- 1. a screen of fine mesh used in screen-printing.
verb
- 1. print, decorate, or reproduce using a silk screen: "a shirt with a tiger silk-screened on it"
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Learn the meaning of silk screen, a method of printing in which a design is produced by forcing colored ink through a fabric with pervious and nonprinting areas. See examples, word history, and related entries.
Silkscreen definition: a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing..
SILKSCREEN definition: 1. a method of printing by forcing ink through a pattern cut into silk or other similar cloth…. Learn more.
silkscreen, sophisticated stenciling technique for surface printing, in which a design is cut out of paper or another thin, strong material and then printed by rubbing, rolling, or spraying paint or ink through the cut out areas.
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A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. Also called screenprinting, silk-screen process.
A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. Also called screenprinting, silk-screen process.
Definition of silk screen noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.