silk-screen

also silk·screen (sĭlk'skrēn')
n.

1. A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. Also called screen-printing, silk-screen process.
2. A print made by this method.

silk-screen silk'-screen' v.

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• Graphic Arts - silkscreen: printing technique that uses inked silk cloth, mounted on frame, to which stencil film is affixed; serigraphy
• Other Crafts - silkscreen: printing process using inked silk cloth, mounted on frame, to which stencil film is affixed, esp. used for posters and clothing; serigraphy

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See words rhyming with "silkscreen."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - silketryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeefdrukken maken op zijde

Français (French)
n. - écran de sérigraphie
v. tr. - sérigraphier
adj. - de sérigraphie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Seidenraster
v. - im (Seiden)Siebdruckverfahren herstellen
adj. - siebgedruckt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) μεταξοτυπία
v. - τυπώνω μεταξοτυπία
adj. - μεταξοτυπία

Italiano (Italian)
serigrafare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - serigrafia (f)
v. - imprimir em serigrafia
adj. - serigráfico

Русский (Russian)
шелковый трафарет

Español (Spanish)
n. - serigrafía
v. tr. - hacer serigrafía
adj. - serigráfico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - screentryck
v. - trycka med screentryck
adj. - tryckt med screentryck

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
丝印

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 絲印

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 실크 스크린 , 공판 날염법으로 인쇄한 인쇄물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - シルクスクリーン捺染法の, シルクスクリーンの
v. - シルクスクリーン捺染法で作る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قماش من ألحرير محاط باطار خشبي يستخدم في ألطباعه على ألاقمشه (فعل) يطبع على القماش (صفه) مطبوع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הדפס משי‬

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