Press-conference
noun
1.
a prearranged interview with news reporters, held to elicit publicity or, as granted by a dignitary, public official, research scientist, etc., to fulfill a request from the press.
press conference
noun
1.
an interview for press and television reporters given by a politician, film star, etc
Read Also:
- Press-corps
noun 1. a group of journalists representing various publications who regularly cover the same beat: the White House press corps.
- Press-cupboard
noun, English Furniture. 1. a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
- Pressed-brick
noun 1. face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- Pressed-duck
noun 1. a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- Pressed for time
In a hurry, as in How long will it take? I’m really pressed for time. This idiom uses press in the sense of “subject to pressure,” a usage dating from the late 1600s.