Silkscreen

//ˈsɪlkˌskɹin// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.
  2. 2
    a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To use a silkscreen to apply an image.

    "The wall text accompanying Warhol’s small canvas with 12 electric-blue crucifixes silkscreened on a black background suggests that the repetition of crosses mirrors his Campbell’s soup cans, with the religious icon serving as “a commodity to be bought and sold.”"

  2. 2
    print by silkscreen wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
serigraphsilk screen print

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"The wall text accompanying Warhol’s small canvas with 12 electric-blue crucifixes silkscreened on a black background suggests that the repetition of crosses mirrors his Campbell’s soup cans, with the religious icon serving as “a commodity to be bought and sold.”"

Etymology

From silk + screen.

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