printing house

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the expansive sense of house to refer to any building, particularly those like shops or workshops where people work together for a common purpose. Originally used in reference to printing workshops supplying or included within a bookshop; later used more expansively to refer to any institution or company involved in printing.

Noun[edit]

printing house (plural printing houses)

  1. An institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.
  2. The building where printing occurs.
  3. (now uncommon) Synonym of printshop: a place to make personal copies.

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Hypernyms[edit]

  • (printing company): See printer (inclusive of self-run printing houses)

Hyponyms[edit]

  • (printing company): imprint (subsidiary printing house)

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