lithotype

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noun

An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief.

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Meanings

nounlithotype (plural lithotypes)

plural lithotypes

  1. An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief.
  2. A print made from such a surface.
  3. A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.
verblithotype (third-person singular simple present lithotypes, present participle lithotyping, simple past and past participle lithotyped)

present singular third person lithotypes · participle present lithotyping · participle past lithotyped · past lithotyped

  1. transitiveTo prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy.

Origin

From litho- + -type.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

phytolite
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APA

lithotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithotype

MLA

“lithotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithotype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lithotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithotype.

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