1. (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
   - case, typesetter's case

Type of: receptacle

• soft scale
• soft sell
• soft shield fern
• soft spot
• soft tick
• soft top
• soft touch
• soft tree fern
• soft water
• soft wheat
• soft-boiled
• soft-cast steel
• soft-coated wheaten terrier
• soft-core
• soft-cover
• soft-cover book
• soft-finned
• soft-finned fish
• soft-footed
• soft-haired
• soft-nosed
• soft-shell clam
• soft-shell crab
• soft-shelled crab
• soft-shelled turtle