hot-press

[ hot-pres ]

noun
  1. a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.

verb (used with object)
  1. to subject to treatment in a hot-press.

Origin of hot-press

1
First recorded in 1625–35

Other words from hot-press

  • hot-presser, noun

Words Nearby hot-press

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How to use hot-press in a sentence

  • To make a block of any desired size simply pile up the sheets and put them in a hot press.

    Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson
  • A hot press at Cork, in 1796, yielded only sixteen men fit for the service.

  • In those days were wars between England and France, and a hot press about London.

  • Cloth may not be pressed with a hot press, but only with a cold press.

  • The result of this hot-press was four hundred men, captured that forenoon.

    Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for hot-press

hot-press

noun
  1. a machine for applying a combination of heat and pressure to give a smooth surface to paper, to express oil from it, etc

verb
  1. (tr) to subject (paper, cloth, etc) to heat and pressure to give it a smooth surface or extract oil

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