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mimeograph

[ mim-ee-uh-graf, -grahf ]
/ ˈmɪm i əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /
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noun

a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
a copy made from a mimeograph.

verb (used with object)

to duplicate (something) by means of a mimeograph.

Words related to mimeograph

picture, photograph, replication, photocopy, recreation, propagation, replica, facsimile, imitation, print, breeding, copy, translation, manuscript, transcription, reproduction, type, portrait, model, transcript

Words nearby mimeograph

mimas, mimba, mimbar, mime, mimeo, mimeograph, mimesis, mimetic, mimetism, mimetite, mimi

Origin of mimeograph

formerly a trademark

OTHER WORDS FROM mimeograph

un·mim·e·o·graphed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for mimeograph

Mimeograph
/ (ˈmɪmɪəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

trademark an office machine for printing multiple copies of text or line drawings from an inked drum to which a cut stencil is fixed
a copy produced by this machine

verb

to print copies from (a prepared stencil) using this machine
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