silk screen
silk screen
nounDefinition 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
See Examples of SILK SCREEN
- artists who work in silk screen
- He decorated the office with paintings and silkscreens.
First Known Use of SILK SCREEN
1930
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