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silk screen
noun
: a method of printing in which ink or paint is forced through a stretched piece of silk cloth
: a print that is made by silk screen
Full Definition of SILK SCREEN
: a stencil process in which coloring matter is forced onto the material to be printed through the meshes of a silk or organdy screen so prepared as to have pervious printing areas and impervious nonprinting areas; also : a print made by this process
— silk–screen transitive verb
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First Known Use of SILK SCREEN
1930
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