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# photocopier

noun (a photocopier, photocopiers)

«photocopier» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents or pictures quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#m1)
2. It works with light and toner (a fine powder ink). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school the photocopier is the office machine teachers use to copy worksheets. In everyday life it is in offices and libraries. Phrases: «use the photocopier», «the photocopier is jammed», «make a photocopy».

### Examples

- The teacher made thirty copies on the photocopier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#x1)
- The photocopier has run out of paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#x2)
- Paper got stuck in the photocopier again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#x3)
- Our library has a photocopier you can use for ten cents a page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#x4)
- Don't put your hand on the glass while the photocopier is working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#x5)
- The photocopier made the picture bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/#x6)

### Note

Countable: photocopier, photocopiers. A «photocopy» is the copy; «to photocopy» is the verb (photocopied, photocopying). Spelling: «photo» + «copier». In a money problem: total cost = number of pages × price per page.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «photocopier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«photocopier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photocopier.html) on Mova free.