silk screen

noun

: 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
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ˈsilk-ˌskrēn How to pronounce silk screen (audio)
transitive verb

Examples of silk screen in a Sentence

artists who work in silk screen He decorated the office with paintings and silk screens.
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Marilyn Minter’s silk screen Hush (2023) greets visitors on entry. — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2024 Bouchra Khalili’s videos and silk screens in The Mapping Journey Project, 2008–11, which were produced with refugees and map Mediterranean migration routes, also convey the urgency that gives to works of art their full meaning. — Simon Njami, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of silk screen was in 1930

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silk screen

noun
: a method of printing in which a design is produced by forcing colored ink through a piece of fabric that has been treated so that the ink cannot pass through some parts
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