Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

printshop

/ˈpɹɪnt.ʃɒp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: printshop
IPA: /ˈpɹɪnt.ʃɒp/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shop that sells prints.

noun

A shop providing commercial copying and printing services.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Synonym of printing house, an institutional or commercial mass publisher.

Example Sentences

"He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood."
"As we have seen, government regulated the number of printshops throughout the realm [...] and enforced censorship throughout the land."

Etymology

From print + shop.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈpɹɪnt.ʃɒp/

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

printshops (plural) print shop (alternative) print-shop (alternative)

Synonyms

printing house printseller printseller's copy shop

Questions

How do you pronounce printshop?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɪnt.ʃɒp/.
What does printshop mean?: A shop that sells prints.
Where does printshop come from?: From print + shop.

How to pronounce printshop

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