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# typewriter

noun (a typewriter, typewriters)

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

## Everyday

1. A typewriter is a machine for writing: you press keys and small metal letters hit an inked ribbon, printing letters straight onto paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#m1)
2. It was used in offices and homes before computers became common. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and computing lessons, the typewriter shows how writing machines led to the computer keyboard; the QWERTY layout comes from typewriters. In stories, a typewriter suggests an old-fashioned writer or office, with clacking keys and a bell at the end of a line. Phrases: «type on a typewriter», «an old typewriter», «typewriter ribbon».

### Examples

- Grandad wrote his letters on a typewriter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#x1)
- The typewriter went clack-clack-clack and then ding! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#x2)
- Our computer keyboard has the same QWERTY letters as an old typewriter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#x3)
- You could not delete a mistake on a typewriter, so people used white correction fluid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#x4)
- The museum lets children try typing on a real typewriter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#x5)
- The writer in the film sat at a typewriter all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typewriter/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a typewriter, typewriters. One word. The verb is «type» (typed, typing); a person who types is a «typist». «Typewriter» is a long English word you can type using only the top row of letters on the keyboard — a fun fact.

## On Mova

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