Xerox machine
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈzɪrɒks məˈʃin/
- US
:
fotocopiadora
- I said I felt sure we could use the Xerox machine in the manager's office, especially since we needed it for the writing group.
- copies on the Xerox machine
- use the Xerox machine
But they had these like massive Xerox machines.
- But they had these like massive Xerox machines.
Examples
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The Vietnam era saw the Xerox machine come to the fore, but no technological tool can compare to the Internet, which has allowed leaked information to be publicized on a scale both vast and unprecedented.
Academic text (2011) -
I want to show you where the Xerox machine is.
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There were three Xerox machines in use all the time, he says.
Academic text (2011) -
Listen, you wouldn't have a Xerox machine around here, would you?
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Ahead of him, we see the flashing green light of a Xerox machine.
Fiction book (2000) -
He is standing at a Xerox machine.
Fiction book (1995) -
There are three things that have revolutionized academic life in the last twenty years: travel, direct-dialing telephones, and the Xerox machine.
Academic text (1999) -
Two of my professors walked in and had a twenty-minute conversation over the Xerox machine about the relative merits of imminence and eminence.
Fiction book (1999) -
Students, faculty, and staff learned to find Hj on his arrival at Old Westbury by the CHIC Xerox machine, where they could engage him in conversation while he ran off innumerable copies of all kinds of material that he thought everyone should know about.
Academic text (2006) -
Erin is at the Xerox machine, copying a file while she tries to calm Beth.
Synonyms
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1.0
A machine that makes copies of documents onto paper
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2.0
A machine that makes paper copies of documents and pictures
A machine that makes copies of documents and images
A machine that makes copies of papers or pictures using light and powder
A machine like a photocopier or laser printer that makes pages with toner
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'Xerox' (a photocopying device/brand) combined with 'machine' yields a machine that makes copies. Even though Xerox is originally a trademark name, that brand-to-product usage is commonly understood and does not block a B1 learner who knows both constituents from deriving the meaning.
Etymology
Xerox machine comes from the company name 'Xerox', which made very popular office copy machines, so people began using the brand name to mean any machine that makes copies. That's why today 'Xerox machine' often just means a photocopier.