COMPOSITOR'S CASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compositor's case mean? 

• COMPOSITOR'S CASE (noun)
  The noun COMPOSITOR'S CASE has 1 sense:

1. (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers

  Familiarity information: COMPOSITOR'S CASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPOSITOR'S CASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

case; compositor's case; typesetter's case

Context example:

for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters

Hypernyms ("compositor's case" is a kind of...):

receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)

Domain category:

printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)