"Roneo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Roneos [plural]
Etymology: ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Roneo (plural Roneos)
  1. (chiefly historical) A copying machine using stencils. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Roneo-en-noun-Ju-yZiae Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 85 15

Verb

Forms: Roneos [present, singular, third-person], Roneoing [participle, present], Roneoed [participle, past], Roneoed [past]
Etymology: ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Roneo (third-person singular simple present Roneos, present participle Roneoing, simple past and past participle Roneoed)
  1. To copy using a Roneo stencil machine.
    Sense id: en-Roneo-en-verb-KiLrRrOv

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Download JSON data for Roneo meaning in English (2.6kB)

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