press sheet
- noun
- /prɛs ʃit/
- Specialized
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- We received a press sheet that detailed the upcoming movie releases this fall.
Examples
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The printing company sent out a press sheet to highlight their latest projects.
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We have a little press sheet right here on some of the items.
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The artist showcased her new work on a press sheet before the exhibition.
Synonyms
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1.0
A single flat sheet used for writing or printing
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1.0
A single flat piece of paper used for writing or printing
How Processed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward combination of 'press' (printing device) and 'sheet' (a single piece of paper), so its meaning — a sheet produced by a press before finishing — is directly recoverable from the parts. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, though the term is somewhat domain-specific (printing jargon), it remains compositional and predictable for learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Press sheet comes from the old printing process: a large sheet of paper put through the press that held many pages before it was cut and folded. Because it came straight from the 'press' and was still one big 'sheet', printers called it a press sheet, so today it means a printed sheet 'not yet folded or cut'.