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mimeograph

mim·e·o·graph
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mim-ee-uh-graf, -grahf]
    • /ˈmɪm i əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf/
    • /ˈmɪ.mɪə.ɡrɑːf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mim-ee-uh-graf, -grahf]
    • /ˈmɪm i əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf/

Definitions of mimeograph word

  • noun mimeograph 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. 1
  • noun mimeograph a copy made from a mimeograph. 1
  • verb with object mimeograph to duplicate (something) by means of a mimeograph. 1
  • noun mimeograph A duplicating machine that produces copies from a stencil, now superseded by the photocopier. 1
  • noun mimeograph early document copier 1
  • noun mimeograph an office machine for printing multiple copies of text or line drawings from an inked drum to which a cut stencil is fixed 0

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Parts of speech for Mimeograph

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adjective
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preposition
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determiner
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mimeograph popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for mimeograph

noun mimeograph

  • photograph — a picture produced by photography.
  • type — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
  • photocopy — a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.
  • replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
  • reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.

verb mimeograph

  • portray — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
  • recreate — to create anew.
  • reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
  • duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.

Antonyms for mimeograph

noun mimeograph

  • dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
  • unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
  • opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
  • origination — to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
  • source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?

verb mimeograph

  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.

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