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stereotype

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun stereotype has 1 sense

Verb stereotype has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

stereotypen. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F. stéréotype.].
  •  A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.  [1913 Webster]
    " A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.  [1913 Webster]
Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.
stereotypev. t. [Cf. F. stéréotyper.].
  •  To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.  [1913 Webster]
    "Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stereotype, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a person or thing that conforms to an unjustifiably fixed, usu. standardized, mental picture. b such an impression or attitude.
2 a printing-plate cast from a mould of composed type.
--v.tr.
1 (esp. as stereotyped adj.) formalize, standardize; cause to conform to a type.
2 a print from a stereotype. b make a stereotype of.

Derivative
stereotypic adj. stereotypical adj. stereotypically adv. stereotypy n.
Etymology
F st{eacute}r{eacute}otype (adj.) (as STEREO-, TYPE)

THESAURUS

stereotype

assimilate to, automatism, autotype, bad habit, balance, bed, characteristic, confirm, creature of habit, custom, damp, deep-dye, define, duplicate plate, electrotype, embed, engraft, engrave, entrench, equalize, equilibrize, establish, etch, even, fix, flatten, force of habit, found, ground, habit, habit pattern, habitude, harmonize, homogenize, impact, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, inscribe, jam, keyboard, level, linotype, locked-up page, lodge, make uniform, monotype, normalize, pack, palaeotype, pattern, peculiarity, plant, plastic plate, plate, practice, praxis, print, printing plate, printing surface, regularize, regulate, root, rubber plate, seat, second nature, set, set in, settle, smooth, stabilize, stamp, standardize, stereotyped behavior, stone, symmetrize, trick, typeform, uniformize, usage, use, way, wedge, wont, zincograph, zincotype

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Printing

N printing, block printing, type-printing, plate printing, (engraving), the press, composition, print, letterpress, text, context, note, page, column, typography, stereotype, electrotype, aprotype, type, black letter, font, fount, pi, pie, capitals, brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface, capitals, caps, catchword, composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick, italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype, lower case, upper case, make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work, reglet, roman, running head, running title, scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay, folio, copy, impression, pull, proof, revise, author's proof, galley proof, press proof, press revise, printer, compositor, reader, printer's devil copyholder, printed, in type, typographical, solid in galleys.

Indication

VB indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice.

Engraving

N engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian, insculptured, engraved, lapidary, sculpsit, imprimit.

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