Pencil — This article is about the handwriting instrument. For other uses, see Pencil (disambiguation). HB graphite pencils A pencil is a … Wikipedia
copy*/*/*/ — [ˈkɒpi] noun [C] I 1) something that is exactly like something else This is not the original painting – it s a copy.[/ex] Please send a copy of your birth certificate.[/ex] I made copies of the report.[/ex] 2) a single newspaper, book, CD etc… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pencil — n 1. lead pencil, lead, automatic pencil, writing instrument; crayon, chalk, pastel, felt tipped pen, Trademark. Magic Marker, Trademark. Flair. 2. ray, beam, shaft, stream; finger, stem, bar, rod, stick. v 3.(all with pencil) sketch, draw, trace … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
pencil — Synonyms and related words: X ray, actinic ray, actinism, air brush, art paper, atomic beam, atomic ray, beam, beam of light, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, cartoon, chalk, chalk up,… … Moby Thesaurus
copy — Synonyms and related words: Doppelganger, Photostat, Xerox, abstract, abstraction, act, act a part, act as, act like, act out, actual thing, adopt, affect, agent, altarpiece, alternate, alternative, analogy, ape, appear like, approach,… … Moby Thesaurus
Blue pencil (editing) — A blue pencil is a pencil traditionally used by an editor or sub editor to show corrections to written copy. The colour is used specifically because it will not show in some lithographic or photographic reproduction processes; these are known as… … Wikipedia
Carbon copy — For other uses, see Carbon copy (disambiguation). A copy made with carbon paper Carbon copying, abbreviated cc or c.c., is the technique of using carbon paper to produce one or more copies simultaneously during the creation of paper documents.… … Wikipedia
The Pencil of Nature — published in six installments between 1844 and 1846, was the first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published [Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department. [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/Feb2007.ht … Wikipedia
carbon copy — Carbon Car bon (k[aum]r b[o^]n), n. [F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf. Skr. [,c]r[=a] to cook.] (Chem.) 1. An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slate pencil — Slate Slate (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [ e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [ e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[=i]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English