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PHOTOSTAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Photostat mean?
• PHOTOSTAT (noun)
The noun PHOTOSTAT has 2 senses:
1. a photocopy made on a Photostat machine
2. a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper
Familiarity information: PHOTOSTAT used as a noun is rare.
• PHOTOSTAT (verb)
The verb PHOTOSTAT has 1 sense:
1. make a copy by means of a Photostat device
Familiarity information: PHOTOSTAT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A photocopy made on a Photostat machine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("photostat" is a kind of...):
photocopy (a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work)
Derivation:
photostat (make a copy by means of a Photostat device)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Photostat; Photostat machine
Hypernyms ("Photostat" is a kind of...):
copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)
Derivation:
photostat (make a copy by means of a Photostat device)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: photostated / photostatted
Past participle: photostated / photostatted
-ing form: photostating / photostatting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a copy by means of a Photostat device
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "photostat" is one way to...):
photocopy; run off; xerox (reproduce by xerography)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
Photostat (a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper)
photostat (a photocopy made on a Photostat machine)
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