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MIMEOGRAPH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mimeograph mean?
• MIMEOGRAPH (noun)
The noun MIMEOGRAPH has 1 sense:
1. a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
Familiarity information: MIMEOGRAPH used as a noun is very rare.
• MIMEOGRAPH (verb)
The verb MIMEOGRAPH has 1 sense:
1. print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph
Familiarity information: MIMEOGRAPH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
mimeo; mimeograph; mimeograph machine; Roneo; Roneograph
Hypernyms ("mimeograph" is a kind of...):
copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)
Derivation:
mimeograph (print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: mimeographed
Past participle: mimeographed
-ing form: mimeographing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
mimeo; mimeograph
Context example:
She mimeographed the syllabus
Hypernyms (to "mimeograph" is one way to...):
copy; re-create (make a replica of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
mimeograph (a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo))
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