copyholder

1. 1.

   mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor

   Broadermechanical device

Other forms of copyholder

plural

copyholders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about copyholder

What does copyholder mean?

copyholder means "mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor".

How many syllables are in copyholder?

copyholder has 4 syllables and divides as co-py-hol-der under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.