press out

1. 1.

   extinguish by crushing

   “stub out your cigar”

   Synonymsstub outcrush outextinguish

   Broaderend
2. 2.

   press from a plastic

   “press a record”

   Synonymspress

   Broadercast
3. 3.

   obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

   “Italians express coffee rather than filter it”

   Synonymsexpressextract

   Broaderget

   Narrowerream

Questions about press out

What does press out mean?

press out means "extinguish by crushing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for press out?

Close synonyms include stub out, crush out, extinguish, press, express. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is press out a common word?

press out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.