line printer

noun

: a high-speed printing device (as for a computer) that prints each line as a unit rather than character by character

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for line printer

• overwinter
• teleprinter
• midwinter
• reenter
• minter
• sinter
• splinter
• sprinter
• winter

Kids Definition

line printer

noun

: a very fast printing device for a computer that prints whole lines at once instead of one letter at a time