SILKSCREEN

silkscreen, silk screen print, serigraph

(noun) a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil

silkscreen

(verb) print by silkscreen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

silkscreen (plural silkscreens)

A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.

Verb

silkscreen (third-person singular simple present silkscreens, present participle silkscreening, simple past and past participle silkscreened)

To use a silkscreen to apply an image.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

coffee icon