Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silkscreen

/ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: silkscreen
IPA: /ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

verb

To use a silkscreen to apply an image.

Example Sentences

"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.”"
"A year ago, if anyone had told Toronto designer Kingi Carpenter she would soon be silkscreening a U. S. president onto dresses, hoodies and scarves, she would have laughed in their face."

Etymology

From silk + screen.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/

Inflected Forms

silkscreens (plural) silkscreens (present, singular) silkscreening (participle, present) silkscreened (participle, past) silkscreened (past)

Frequently Paired Words

serigraph

Synonyms

silk screen print serigraph

Questions

How do you pronounce silkscreen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/.
What does silkscreen mean?: 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.
Where does silkscreen come from?: From silk + screen.

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