printing shop
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2.6
- noun
- /ˈprɪntɪŋ ʃɑp/
:
taller de impresión
- My wife and I run a small printing shop where we produce flyers and business cards.
Examples
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She entered the door on her left and stepped into the printing shop.
Fiction book (1990) -
With the help of my physical therapist, I was able to begin a job at a printing shop less than a year after the accident.
Fiction book (1996) -
I own my printing shop.
Blog text (18) -
I work in a printing shop, so I knew exactly what they were talking about with proportional spacing and so on.
Blog text (23) -
As you may know, my great-grandfather, Victor, set up a modest printing shop during the Civil War, manufacturing playing cards.
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My only strike at independence was the paycheck I earned typing invoices at a printing shop.
Fiction book (2000) -
On reflection, however, we realize that all of them were human beings faced with the need to earn a livelihood even after the glory days. Benjamin Franklin returned from his post as Ambassador to France and opened a printing shop.
Academic text (2009) -
Then washed dishes, waited tables, did fast food, short order cooking, shelved books in a library, worked in a printing shop, drove as a courier, and even worked briefly as a day laborer before joining the military.
Blog text (13) -
Persons who study the peculiarities of the various computer programs for word processing have a different specialty from those who study the habits of individual compositors in printing shops, and yet both are linked in their attention to the ways in which the texts of intangible works are forever at the mercy of tangible processes of transmission.
Academic text (1992) -
Franklin believed in the formulaic perpetuity of easily replicated models, as exemplified in everything from his corporate projects like insurance or printing shop franchises to his strict daily routines.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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2.8
A shop that makes posters, flyers and other paper copies for people
2
2.7
A company that prints books, magazines, and marketing material
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2.1
A company that makes books, magazines, and brochures
A business that puts writing and pictures on paper, like flyers and cards
A factory that makes books, newspapers, and packaging
A company that puts words and pictures on paper for other businesses
How Big
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2.1
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2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'printing shop' is transparently compositional: a 'shop' (place of business) that performs 'printing' (producing printed goods). This is a predictable, cross-linguistically common noun-noun combination, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Printing shop comes from a simple image: printing meaning 'making many copies' inside a shop meaning 'a small business'. So a printing shop is the business where people go to have books, flyers or other printed items made.