Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

photocopy

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) photocopy (noun)
  2. 2) photocopy (verb)

1pho·to·copy

noun \ˈfō-tə-ˌkä-pē\

Definition of PHOTOCOPY

: a copy of usually printed material made with a process in which an image is formed by the action of light usually on an electrically charged surface
See photocopy defined for English-language learners »
See photocopy defined for kids »

Examples of PHOTOCOPY

  1. She made a photocopy of the letter.

Origin of PHOTOCOPY

International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use: circa 1909

Learn More About PHOTOCOPY

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: photocurrent
Previous Word in the Dictionary: photoconductor
All Words Near: photocopy

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up photocopy? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).