printing house
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printing house
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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 printing houses
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An institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.
Meronym: imprint (subsidiary printing house or brand name)
Similar: publishing house, publisher, printing press, press, printing shop, printshop, printer's, printer, imprimery
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The building where printing occurs.
Similar: printing shop, printshop, printer's, printworks
- A place to make personal copies.
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noun company chiefly devoted to printing
| Español | imprenta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인쇄소 inswaeso |
| 日本語 | 印刷会社 insatsu-gaisha, 印刷所 |
| 中文 | 印刷廠 /印刷厂 yìnshuāchǎng, 印刷所 yìnshuāsuǒ, 版畫店 /版画店 bǎnhuàdiàn |
| हिन्दी | छापाख़ाना chāpāxānā, छापेख़ाना chāpexānā |
| Português | gráfica, tipografia |
| Français | imprimerie, typographie |
| Deutsch | Druckerei, Typographie |
| Italiano | tipografia |
| Ελληνικά | τυπογραφείο typografeío |
| Română | tipografie, imprimerie |
| Русский | типогра́фия tipográfija |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà in, xưởng in, nhà máy in |
| العربية | مَطْبَعَة maṭbaʕa |
| עברית | בֵּית דְּפוּס beyt dfus |
noun a building in which printing takes place
| Русский | типогра́фия tipográfija |
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title = {printing house},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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