photostat

1. 1.

   a photocopy made on a Photostat machine

   Broaderphotocopy
2. 2.

   a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper

   SynonymsPhotostat machine

   Broaderduplicator

   trademark

1. 1.

   make a copy by means of a Photostat device

   Broaderphotocopy

Other forms of photostat

plural

photostats·

past tense

photostatted·

present participle

photostatting·

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 photostat

What does photostat mean?

photostat means "a photocopy made on a Photostat machine". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in photostat?

photostat has 3 syllables: pho-to-stat. The stress falls on "pho".

What is another word for photostat?

Close synonyms include Photostat machine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is photostat a common word?

photostat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.