WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
silk•screen
(silk′skrēn′),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
adj.
- Also called silk′screen proc′ess. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- a print made by this technique.
v.t.
- to print by silkscreen.
adj.
- of, made by, or printed with silkscreen.
- silk + screen 1940–45
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