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• linotype
  linotype

  verb

  to typeset on a Linotype machine.
• Linotype
  Linotype

  a brand of typesetting machine that casts solid lines of type from brass dies, or matrices, selected automatically by actuating a keyboard.

linotype

¹ American  

[lahy-nuh-tahyp] / ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

verb

Printing.

linotyped, linotyping

1. to typeset on a Linotype machine.

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Linotype ² American  

[lahy-nuh-tahyp] / ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

Trademark.

1. a brand of typesetting machine that casts solid lines of type from brass dies, or matrices, selected automatically by actuating a keyboard.

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Linotype British  

/ ˈlaɪnəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. a typesetting machine, operated by a keyboard, that casts an entire line on one solid slug of metal

2. type produced by such a machine

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Other Word Forms

• linotyper
  noun
• linotypist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of linotype

see origin at Linotype

Example Sentences

His mother was a schoolteacher and his father operated a linotype when he wasn’t unemployed.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

There, linotype machines would turn those paragraphs into rows of metal type.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

As of 1880, the linotype machine was invented, which also made printing much cheaper and more simple than it had been.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

This room is likely a holdover from the building’s printing plant days — perhaps an office, or a lounge, situated just above the linotype machines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2018

Bank-man.—A helper in the composing room whose duty it is to assemble type received from the different linotype machines, close up the galleys on the bank, and see that they are proved.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)