PHOTOSTAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Photostat mean? 

• PHOTOSTAT (noun)
  The noun PHOTOSTAT has 2 senses:

1. a photocopy made on a Photostat machine

2. a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper

  Familiarity information: PHOTOSTAT used as a noun is rare.

• PHOTOSTAT (verb)
  The verb PHOTOSTAT has 1 sense:

1. make a copy by means of a Photostat device

  Familiarity information: PHOTOSTAT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOTOSTAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A photocopy made on a Photostat machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

photocopy (a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work)

Derivation:

photostat (make a copy by means of a Photostat device)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Photostat; Photostat machine

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

copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)

Derivation:

photostat (make a copy by means of a Photostat device)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

• PHOTOSTAT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they photostat    ... he / she / it photostats   
Past simple: photostated    / photostatted   
Past participle: photostated    / photostatted   
-ing form: photostating    / photostatting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a copy by means of a Photostat device

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "photostat" is one way to...):

photocopy; run off; xerox (reproduce by xerography)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

Photostat (a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper)

photostat (a photocopy made on a Photostat machine)