photocopier
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- noun
- /ˈfoʊtəˌkɑːpɪər/
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fotocopiadora
- She placed the document on the photocopier to make a copy for her records.
- photocopier machine
- buttons on a photocopier
- manufacture of a photocopier
Examples
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Take Ricoh Industrie France of Wettolsheim, France, which makes digital photocopiers and toner cartridges for printers and fax machines.
Academic text (2009) -
If materials are not available in large-print formats, regular-print items can be enlarged with a photocopier machine.
Academic text (2004) -
- No one here ordered a new photocopier.
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I brought change for the photocopier.
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I doubt it's a photocopier.
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He has a photocopier in his room.
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We don't have a photocopier.
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The office upgraded to a new photocopier that can print double-sided documents.
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The photocopier jammed, causing a delay in printing the reports.
Synonyms
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A machine that makes copies of documents onto paper
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A machine that makes copies of papers or pictures
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4.9
A machine that makes exact copies of papers and drawings
A machine that makes copies of papers or pictures using light and powder
An old machine used to copy documents before modern photocopiers
How Obsolete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word photocopier breaks into photo- ('light'), copy ('a duplicate'), and -er ('one that does'), and photo- is the same part you see in photograph. So, a photocopier is a machine that uses light to make copies of papers or pictures.