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Print

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

/prɪnt/nounCore term

In fashion & textiles, print means: A design applied to the surface of fabric with ink or dye, such as flowers, logos or stripes, rather than woven or knitted into it.

In Turkish: baskı, desen, baskılı desen

How it is used

Designers create, develop and approve prints; print designers work in studios or buy prints from agencies. Common types are floral, animal, geometric, placement and all-over prints. Print is also a verb: the fabric is printed in Bursa.

Example sentences

  1. The leopard print sold out in two weeks, so we're repeating it in a new colourway.

  2. Can the print be scaled down by 20% for the kids' range?

Common collocations

  • floral print
  • placement print
  • all-over print
  • print design
  • approve a print
  • all-over printA print that covers the whole surface of the fabric with a repeating design, as opposed to a single placement print on one area.
  • screen printingA printing method that pushes ink through a fine mesh screen onto fabric, using a separate screen for each colour in the design.
  • digital printingPrinting designs directly onto fabric or garments from a computer file with inkjet machines, without screens.
  • strike-offA short test print of a design on the actual production fabric, sent to the buyer to approve colours, scale and quality before bulk printing.
  • repeatThe smallest unit of a print or woven design that is repeated across the fabric, and the distance after which the design starts again.

This word in other fields

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