Associations to the word «Letterpress»

Wiktionary

LETTERPRESS, noun. The printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image.
LETTERPRESS, noun. (printing) : printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.
LETTERPRESS, noun. A machine used for such printing.

Dictionary definition

LETTERPRESS, noun. Printing from a plate with raised characters.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats