English Explanatory Dictionary

carbon copy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.
  2. A duplicate or lookalike.
  3. A duplicate copy of an email.
verb
  1. To create a carbon copy of.
  2. To send a duplicate copy of an email to.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-carbon copy.wav

Word forms

carbon copy carbon copies carbon-copy carbon copying carbon copied

Synonyms

cc

Derived words

blind carbon copy

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 副本 Czech: kopie Finnish: kopio French: copie carbone Italian: copia conoscenza Romanian: copie la indigo Russian: ко́пия Russian: дублика́т Vietnamese: bản sao Welsh: copi carbon
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