Phrase Hound found 62 phrases and 29 compound words that contain presses. The most common are listed below. Open presses in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 62
- stop the pressesAn exclamation used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.
- digital pressesplural of digital press: A high-speed industrial digital printer.
- drill pressesplural of drill press: A machine tool in which a rotating cutter, usually a twist drill, is pushed into a workpiece to produce a hole.
- leg pressesplural of leg press: An exercise performed by using the legs to press weight away from one's body, while the body remains stationary.
- printing pressesplural of printing press: A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.
- small pressesplural of small press: A small-scale publishing company.
- vanity pressesplural of vanity press: A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author.
- wine-pressesplural of wine-press: A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
- stopped the pressessimple past and past participle of stop the presses
- stopping the pressespresent participle and gerund of stop the presses
- stops the pressesthird-person singular simple present indicative of stop the presses: An exclamation used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.
- presses the fleshthird-person singular simple present indicative of press the flesh: To shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering.
- trouser pressesplural of trouser press: An electrical appliance used to smooth the wrinkles from a pair of trousers.
- hydraulic pressesplural of hydraulic press: A machine that generates compression force using hydraulic cylinders.
- alternative pressesplural of alternative press: Collectively, newspapers or other printed publications which provide an editorial perspective and information differing from—and often dissenting from—the outlook and information provided by more established …
- bench pressesplural of bench press: To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.
- body pressesplural of body press: A splash; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- brake pressesplural of brake press: A machine used in cold-forming sheet metal or strips of metal into desired profiles.
- chest pressesplural of chest press: An exercise performed by pressing a bar or lever away from the chest while seated.
- clothes pressesplural of clothes press: A receptacle for clothes.
- cold pressesplural of cold press: A method of extracting juice or oil from fruits, vegetables, seeds, or nuts without applying external heat.
- cookie pressesplural of cookie press: A tool for making certain types of cookie, consisting of a cylinder with a plunger on one end, used to extrude cookie dough through a small hole at the other end.
- copying pressesplural of copying press: A machine for taking an exact copy, by pressure, of a document written in special ink on special paper.
- drop pressesplural of drop press: A swaging, stamping, or forging machine having either regular or intermittent motion.
- duck pressesplural of duck press: A machine used to extract the blood and bone marrow from a duck for use in pressed duck.
Compound words 29
- suppressesthird-person singular simple present indicative of suppress: To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- compressesplural of compress: To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- keypressesplural of keypress: The depression of an input key.
- acupressesthird-person singular simple present indicative of acupress: To apply acupressure to.
- benchpressesplural of benchpress: To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.
- bookpressesplural of bookpress: A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
- buttonpressesplural of buttonpress: The act of pressing a button
- cheesepressesplural of cheesepress
- clothespressesplural of clothespress
- coldpressesthird-person singular simple present indicative of coldpress: A method of extracting juice or oil from fruits, vegetables, seeds, or nuts without applying external heat.