printing plant

collocation in English

meaningsofprintingandplant

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withplantorprinting.
printing
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈprɪn.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity or business of producing writing or images on paper or other material with ...
See more atprinting
plant
noun
uk
/plɑːnt/us
/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
See more atplant

(Definition ofprintingandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprinting plant

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
A smallprintingplantwas put in for this purpose, and the overheads were, therefore included, enlarging the overheads taken into consideration in the estimates.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
All the copies of the paper, as well as theprintingplant, were seized on the 2nd instant.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Theprintingplantseized has not been destroyed.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These organisations use public money and there is no reason why a publicprintingplantshould have a bias.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Printing is an expensive business; in particular,printingplantis expensive to acquire, maintain and operate.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Printingplantof all types is expensive to acquire, maintain and operate, and all printers must be sure of maximum usage of the plant they own.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The same kind of division occurs in the newspaper industry, where a certain number of publishers have their ownprintingplant, and a certain number do not.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
On the next day secret service officers seized 100,000 more copies at theprintingplantand blocked further printing.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Some of the inverts are quite common, the employees at theprintingplantpresumably also having difficulties knowing which way was up.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
His ambition to become a writer arose at an early age, from visits to the localprintingplantwhere his father worked.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Theprintingplantof one of them had not been destroyed by the war.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Her father was aprintingplantforeman who had briefly worked in vaudeville as the high tenor in a vocal quartet.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
They discussed a new partnership that would allow them to share aprintingplant, fix prices and combine profits.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
There is also a one-story, brick building that was used for theprintingplant.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The newspaper had purchased land adjacent to the headquarters to build the 119000sqft sqmprintingplant.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He continued in this role until 1968, when hisprintingplantfell victim to a fire.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
From there, he started his ownprintingplantin 1931.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In 2010, due to capacity constraints, the company made a decision to relocate thisprintingplantyet again.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He had also set up an advertising company and aprintingplant.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It was designed for three media companies: a newspaperprintingplant, a radio station and a television studio.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofprinting
Go to the definition ofplant
See other collocations withplant
See other collocations withprinting