Home › Words › S › silkscreensilkscreen/ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/silkscreen means A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, silkscreen ranks #6,970 of 42,747 for Qualifying.silkscreen is pronounced /ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/.EtymologyFrom silk + screen.nounA sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.verbTo use a silkscreen to apply an image.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.handscreened 59% match — Screen-printed by hand. vs silkscreen →photoserigraph 52% match — A serigraph made from an existing photograph vs silkscreen →surprint 51% match — The printing of text or graphics elements on top of a background that is a different tint of the same color. vs silkscreen →silkwear 51% match — Clothing made of silk. vs silkscreen →printmaking 51% match — The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper. vs silkscreen →silkette 51% match — A cotton fabric that looks and feels like silk. vs silkscreen →printing 49% match — The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology. vs silkscreen →planography 49% match — A form of printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised or incised one. vs silkscreen →