Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fax machine.
- n. A printed page or image transmitted or received by a fax machine.
- v. To transmit (printed matter or an image) by electronic means.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The hair of the head.
Wiktionary
- n. The hair of the head.
- n. A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.
- v. To send a document via a fax machine.
WordNet 3.0
- v. send something via a facsimile machine
- n. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
Etymologies
- From facsimile, first attested 1979. (Wiktionary)
- Shortening and alteration of facsimile. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“$_POST [ 'city']; $zip = $_POST [ 'zip']; $phone = $_POST [ 'phone']; $fax = $_POST [ 'fax'];”
“The author also attaches scans of the resignation fax from the former head of the state, as well as its translation.”
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“After telling a client many times not to give the Main fax server's number to anybody who would send private info (they had private numbers for private faxes, and a main number with OCR to recognize who it goes to ..) ..”
“Chinese gymnastics officials did not immediately respond to a fax from the Associated Press asking for documentation of Yang's age and an explanation of the discrepancy.”
“Their fax is 403-444-2301 and there is someone manning the phones at 888-293-7853.”
“Wifi/WAN ( "Have you ever sent a fax from the beach?")”
“Their fax is down, so no orders are coming in that way.”
“We just got a fax from the American Institute for Research.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fax’.
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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Xcessive
Valid 3-letter words with an x. Also, longer words with more than one x in them.
wax, fix, tux, box, sex, max, six, aux, pox, hex, tax, mix and 78 more...
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Copies of copies
replica, ersatz, synthetic, artificial, clone, simulacrum, reproduction, facsimile, carbon copy, twin, enantiomorph, antimer and 37 more...
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X Marks the Spot
Words ending in "x" (except proper nouns and trademarks)
ax, ex, ox, soapbox, smallpox, six, sex, sax, rex, pressbox, climax, chickenpox and 208 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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It's All Free
Things people are giving away on a bulletin board I frequent.
fairy dresses, microwave oven, bluetooth mouse, puppies, capsicum seedlings, dvds, pedometer, laptop, bicycle, mini-grill, bag of baby bottles, tent and 245 more...
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This week's words
hand-handled, crouch, hootchy-kootchy, gloriole, glory hole, metempsychosis, doctrinaire, transmigration, celestial, treetop, luxuriant, physic and 102 more...
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aliko's Words
deli, turkey, bodrum, deniz, sunny, seks, tatil, hava, zeeman, captain, kapitein, kaptan and 256 more...
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Technologic
The song by Daft Punk. Just add "it" to the end of these.
buy, use, break, fix, trash, change, melt, upgrade, pawn, zoom, press, snap and 49 more...
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"X" Words
Scrabble List
axe, box, cox, dex, fax, fix, fox, gox, hex, kex, lax, lex and 77 more...
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Things that doesnt work
prayer, fax, society, economy, drugs, tobacco, politics, democracy, people, creationism, god
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OM1 Lesson 8
manager, checking account, savings account, individual, joint, fiancée, clam, fry, coleslaw, drink, meal, enjoy and 19 more...
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things i do at work
eat, sit, walk, call, type, e-mail, fax, review, exist, test, validate, verify and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fax.
Prolagus Explanation. Aug 31, 2010
bilby Not yet obsolete. Aug 31, 2010
nuxiy Noisy item at work, rarely works. May 14, 2009