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.

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

Other Words From

• hot-presser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot-press¹

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

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

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A hot press at Cork, in 1796, yielded only sixteen men fit for the service.

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

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

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

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