TEST COPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does test copy mean? 

• TEST COPY (noun)
  The noun TEST COPY has 1 sense:

1. (printing) an impression made to check for errors

  Familiarity information: TEST COPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEST COPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(printing) an impression made to check for errors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

proof; test copy; trial impression

Hypernyms ("test copy" is a kind of...):

impression; printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time)

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "test copy"):

galley proof (a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages)

foundry proof (a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made)