"doctor blade" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: doctor blades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} doctor blade (plural doctor blades)
  1. (printing) A metal blade used in printing for scraping off excess ink or toner from the printing roll. Categories (topical): Printing Translations (printing tool): stěrka [feminine] (Czech), rakle [feminine, informal] (Czech), raakel (Estonian), raakeli (Finnish), Rakel [feminine] (German), rakiel [masculine] (Polish), rakla [feminine] (Polish), скребо́к-лопа́тка (skrebók-lopátka) [masculine] (Russian), ра́кель (rákelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), cuchilla de carga [feminine] (Spanish), ра́кель (rákelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-doctor_blade-en-noun-5CJuFG9a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: media, printing, publishing

Inflected forms

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