monotype

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈmɑnoʊˌtaɪp/

Definition of monotype

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
  2. (uncountable)The technique of making such prints.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A monotypic taxon.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
  5. (countable, uncountable)A sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.
  6. (countable, uncountable)In the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.

verb

  1. (transitive)To produce a monotype of.
    “to monotype an engraving”

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Etymology

From mono- + type or mono- + -type. The printing technique is so called because it allows only one impression to be taken.

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