copier
- noun
- /ˈkɑːpɪər/
- Miriam, is the copier working again?
- printer-copier
- color copier
- copier technician
If the printer or the copier gets jammed at the office, maybe a lot of places call the company and say this isn't working.
- If the printer or the copier gets jammed at the office, maybe a lot of places call the company and say this isn't working.
Examples
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There is a small alcove with a copier in the back.
Fiction book (2000) -
Hey, when did we get a new copier?
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I was just heading to the copier.
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Hi, I hear your copier's down.
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The faculty workroom copier can enlarge copies and print on larger paper as well.
Academic text (2006) -
On her way out of the office, Carrie spotted Delores leaning over the copier.
Fiction book (2002) -
The office manager ordered a new copier to replace the old one that kept breaking down.
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Please make sure to use the copier to duplicate all the important documents for the meeting.
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After running out of paper, she went to the copier to restock it before making more copies.
Synonyms
A machine that makes copies of papers or pictures
A machine that makes paper copies of documents and pictures
A machine that makes exact copies of papers and drawings
A person or machine that makes exact copies of objects like paintings
A machine that makes many paper copies by pressing ink through a stencil
A machine that copies a document and sends it by phone
A machine that makes copies of papers or pictures using light and powder
An old machine used to copy documents before modern photocopiers
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine that makes copies of papers or pictures using light and powder
How Exact
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Copier comes from the word copy, which goes back to the old Latin word copia meaning 'plenty'. So a copier is a machine for making many copies.