pressmark

1. 1.

   a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location

   Synonymscall markcall number

   Broadermark

Other forms of pressmark

plural

pressmarks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pressmark

What does pressmark mean?

pressmark means "a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location".

How many syllables are in pressmark?

pressmark has 2 syllables: pres-smark. The stress falls on "pres".

What is another word for pressmark?

Close synonyms include call mark, call number. 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 pressmark a common word?

pressmark is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.