hot-press

1 of 3

noun (1)

1

: a calendering machine in which paper or cloth is glossed by being pressed between glazed boards and hot metal plates

2

: a hydraulic oil press in which the contents are kept hot by steam radiators

hot-press

2 of 3

transitive verb

1

: to gloss (paper or cloth) or to express (oil) by combined heat and pressure

2

: to press (wood or metal) while hot

hot press

3 of 3

noun (2)

British

: a small heated room for drying laundry

Word History

First Known Use

Transitive Verb

, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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