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print

105 3.6
A picture made by pressing paper on a carved surface with ink
  • noun
  • /prɪnt/
translation icon : grabado
  • The museum hosted an exhibit featuring historic prints that dated back to the Renaissance.
  • paintings and prints
  • color prints
  • monochrome prints

And but they sold prints of the painting at the auction.

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Examples

  • So we hung up some prints, which we bought on Dezenio.

  • You used to work in his print factory.

  • I love that I would have that as a print in my house.

  • I like the print, kind of the raised print on the outside there.

  • Six of his 13 books are still in print, nearly half a century after his death.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I'll have your prints back in the morning.

  • But it's still a print, a repeating print across the fabric.

  • The fishing poles were made less distinct in the print than they had appeared in the drawing.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There, Walter, then thirteen, purchased a print by Picasso, The Dance of Salome.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The art gallery displayed a collection of stunning prints from famous artists.

Synonyms

engraving
vsprint
25 4.1

A picture made by cutting or etching a hard surface

is the picture made by pressing paper onto that inked surface
lithograph
vsprint
  • Specialized
6 6.7

A print made by drawing on a flat stone or metal and pressing it onto paper

is made by pressing paper onto a cut or etched inked surface
wood engraving
vsprint
1 5.2

A print or method of making prints by cutting a design into a wood block and pressing paper onto it

is the general image produced by pressing paper onto an inked surface
line engraving
vsprint
  • Specialized
7.6

A picture made by cutting lines into metal and then printing it

is the general picture made by pressing paper onto an inked surface
copperplate
vsprint
  • Specialized
8.4

A print made from a copper plate with lines cut into it, often of pictures or maps

is the general image produced by pressing paper onto an inked surface
steel engraving
vsprint
6.4

A picture printed from a steel plate with a design cut into it

is the general image produced by pressing paper onto an inked surface
photolithograph
vsprint
  • Specialized
9.9

A print that uses a photograph to prepare a plate for printing

is made by pressing paper onto a cut or etched inked surface

Antonyms

142 1.0

A surface that has nothing written or printed on it

Idioms

13 3.7

No longer sold by the publisher

Compounds

37 4.4

Small printed text in a contract that tells important rules or extra costs

9 2.8

A shop that makes posters, flyers and other paper copies for people

print media
  • Literature
8 3.5

Newspapers and magazines printed on paper, not online

5 3.8

Important details in an agreement or document printed in very small type

4 2.0

A mark left by an animal's foot showing claws or pads

print run
  • Literature
3 3.7

The number of copies made for one edition of a magazine, book or newspaper

photographic print
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A picture on paper made from a camera or digital file

contact print
  • Specialized
6.1

A print made by putting a negative directly on photo paper, making the image the same size

9.8

A round wheel with letters on spokes that prints letters on paper

A situation that lets someone make a lot of money with little work

print buffer
  • Specialized
5.6

A part of a computer that holds information waiting to be printed

A person or shop that sells art prints like etchings and engravings

roman print
  • Specialized
5.1

Upright printed letters used for normal text in books and newspapers

silk screen print
  • Specialized
4.2

A picture created when someone pushes ink through a mesh screen onto paper or cloth

voice for print
  • Literature
6.8

A clear, polished way of writing for newspapers or magazines

How Detailed

engraving
25 4.1
print
105 3.6
woodcut
4 6.5
drawing
184 1.0
sketch
150 2.5

Surface Forms

print singular
prints plural

Etymology

Print as a picture comes from the old art of making an image by 'pressing' ink from an engraved surface onto paper, so a print is a picture made by that pressing process.