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COPYHOLDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copyholder mean? 

COPYHOLDER (noun)
  The noun COPYHOLDER has 1 sense:

1. mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositorplay

  Familiarity information: COPYHOLDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPYHOLDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("copyholder" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)


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