press
- noun
- /prɛs/
- UK
- Seth, the printer's devil, threw himself toward a cupboard beside the press and flung it open.
Examples
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My husband Matthew is the Vice President and Publisher of Butterheim Longman Press, a gargantuan medical book publisher in Baltimore.
Fiction book (2000) -
John P. Seward, The Symbolic Rose (New York: Columbia University Press, 1954), 12-13, 19.
Academic text (2011) -
I'll take my plant press; maybe I can find some crown vetch.
Fiction book (1992) -
They were in an antique desk from the press room...
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There wouldn't, by any chance, happen to be a trouser press on the island, would there?
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Sterk, C. 1999. Fast Lives: Women Who Use Crack Cocaine. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Academic text (2009) -
In flew the permanent-press dresses, the wool skirts, and lamb's-wool sweaters she'd bought for herself the summer before.
Fiction book (1999) -
She neatly hung her dresses in the press to keep them wrinkle-free.
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After moving into their new house, they placed all their sweaters in the press in the bedroom.
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The antique press in the hallway is perfect for storing seasonal clothes.
Synonyms
A small space for keeping clothes and other things
A large piece of furniture with doors for storing clothes
A cupboard for keeping clothes like shirts and coats
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
A meeting where a famous person answers questions from reporters
- Literature
A group of reporters from different media who cover the same event or place
- Literature
News media that report independently and are not controlled by the government
- Formal
The right of newspapers and journalists to report news without government control
- Literature
An area in a stadium or arena where reporters and broadcasters sit to report the game
A person who works to get news and attention for a company, group, or famous person
An exercise where a person lies on their back on a bench and pushes weight up from the chest
- Informal
A strong, aggressive effort to reach a goal quickly, often to win support
- Literature
A group that collects news and sends it to newspapers, TV, and websites
- Literature
An area in a government hall where reporters sit to watch and report debates
- Jargon
A business that prints books for authors who pay, often with little editing
- Offensive
Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
- Literature
An organization that gathers and sends news to newspapers and other media
- Archaic
A printing machine where a cylinder rolls paper over a flat bed of letters to copy text
- Specialized
A machine that presses cardboard or plastic into compact bundles for easier handling and transport
- Formal
Military officers check journalists' reports in war zones to keep information secret
- Specialized
A machine that removes solids from liquids by pushing the liquid through cloth over frames
- Specialized
A machine that prints by pressing paper onto a flat surface with a roller
A weight exercise where you lift a bar with weights from shoulder height straight overhead to work the shoulders
- Specialized
An exercise pressing a barbell or dumbbells up on a sloping bench to work the upper chest
- Specialized
A machine that makes many copies by moving ink from a plate to rubber then to paper
- Specialized
A gym exercise that lifts a weight from the shoulder to above the head until the arms are straight
- Specialized
A machine that uses flat plates and frames to separate solids from liquids
- Specialized
A machine with plates and frames that separates solids from liquids in factories
- Literature
Announcing official decisions to the public by press release before any internal discussion
- Archaic
The most sail a ship can carry safely without turning over or being damaged
- Specialized
A large sheet of paper printed with many pages before cutting or folding
- UK
An exercise where you lie on your stomach and push your body up and down with your arms
- Literature
Announcing scientific results to the public before other scientists check them
- Specialized
A machine that uses a long turned metal rod to squeeze liquid from solid things
- Literature
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Press (wardrobe) is an old word for a cupboard or small closet for clothes, a place where garments are kept or hung.