WRITTEN MATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does written matter mean? 

• WRITTEN MATTER (noun)
  The noun WRITTEN MATTER has 1 sense:

1. matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

  Familiarity information: WRITTEN MATTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITTEN MATTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

copy; written matter

Hypernyms ("written matter" is a kind of...):

text; textual matter (the words of something written)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "written matter"):

dump ((computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs)

fair copy (a clean copy of a corrected draft)

filler (copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper)

 Context examples 

I laid my hand on the type-written matter.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)