linotype

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noun

A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.

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Linotype machine
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Meanings

linotype1

nounlinotype (plural linotypes)

plural linotypes

  1. A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.

    His days were spent at his linotype, where he refreshed himself occasionally from an ever-present gallon jug of cherry wine.

    1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 15, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
  2. The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.
verblinotype (third-person singular simple present linotypes, present participle linotyping, simple past and past participle linotyped)

present singular third person linotypes · participle present linotyping · participle past linotyped · past linotyped

  1. To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.

Linotype2

nounLinotype (plural Linotypes)

plural Linotypes

  1. Alternative letter-case form of linotype.
verbLinotype (third-person singular simple present Linotypes, present participle Linotyping, simple past and past participle Linotyped)

present singular third person Linotypes · participle present Linotyping · participle past Linotyped · past Linotyped

  1. Alternative letter-case form of linotype.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal

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Linotype machine
Broader
typesetting machine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

linotype · noun, verb

Genericized trademark; presumably from line + -o- + type.

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Linotype · noun, verb

Genericized trademark; see linotype for more.

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Translations

Finnish linotyyppi, linotyyppikone
  • linotyyppia form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once
  • linotyyppikonea form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once
Tagalog hantikan
  • hantikana form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once
Yiddish לינאָטיפּ
  • לינאָטיפּ (linotip)a form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once
Cite this entry
APA

linotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linotype

MLA

“linotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linotype. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linotype,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linotype.

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