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carbonless

carbonless

3.7
Paper that makes a copy without using separate carbon paper
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɑːrbənləs/
translation icon : sin carbono
  • This carbonless paper makes it easy to create duplicates.

Examples

  • Switching to carbonless invoices helped reduce waste in the office.

  • Using carbonless paper, she completed the form and instantly had a duplicate for her records.

  • The company now uses carbonless forms to simplify paperwork for employees.

  • Please fill out the carbonless receipt so you can keep a copy for your records.

  • I prefer using carbonless forms for my reports.

  • The teacher provided students with carbonless worksheets that automatically produced copies for their files.

  • The new carbonless printing method allowed us to generate copies without the mess of traditional carbon paper.

Surface Forms

carbonless positive

Morphology

carbonless = carbon (semi-transparent) = carbon + less

Formed from 'carbon' + '-less', but the sense refers to a specific paper-copying technology (no carbon paper) that may be unfamiliar to learners, so the meaning is not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Carbonless combines carbon, from an old word for 'coal', and -less meaning 'without', so it describes forms that make copies 'without' using old carbon paper.