trial impression

1. 1.

   (printing) an impression made to check for errors

   Synonymsprooftest copy

   Broaderimpression

   Narrowergalley prooffoundry proof

   printing

Questions about trial impression

What does trial impression mean?

trial impression means "(printing) an impression made to check for errors".

What is another word for trial impression?

Close synonyms include proof, test copy. 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 trial impression a common word?

trial impression is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.