silkscreen /ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •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. verb1 •To use a silkscreen to apply an image.A year ago, if anyone had told Toronto designer Kingi Carpenter she would soon be silkscreening a U. S. president onto dresses, hoodies and scarves, she would have laughed in their face. — 2009 formssilkscreened · silkscreening · silkscreens