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printing house

noun

Etymology

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.

Definitions

  1. An institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.

    • Meronym: imprint (subsidiary printing house or brand name)

  2. The building where printing occurs.

  3. A place to make personal copies.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA