hot-press

American  

[hot-pres] / ˈhɒtˌprɛs /

noun

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

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verb (used with object)

1. to subject to treatment in a hot-press.

hot-press British  

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

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• hot-presser noun

Etymology

Origin of hot-press

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

The tenants include a coffee shop, a dance studio, electrical and plumbing contractors, a blacksmith and woodworkers, two brothers who hot-press T-shirts and a blueprint business, which downsized after the collapse of the housing market.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2014

"Bravo! bravissimo! hear him, hear him! print him, print him! hot-press from the author to the author, hot-press!" cried Churchill, and he laughed.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Edgeworth, Maria

Considering the advance made by public sentiment an all questions connected with personal liberty, “a hot-press on the Thames” would hardly stand the ordeal of an investigation in Parliament at the present day.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

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

From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Whilst she was looking over some literary luxuries, rich in all the elegance of hot-press and vellum binding, Lady Bradstone and a party of her friends came into the room.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 05 by Edgeworth, Maria