noun

typewriter

TYP-reye-tuh

noun

A mechanical or electric machine that prints letters onto paper when its keys are pressed.

"She still writes letters on an old manual typewriter."

"The museum has a display of vintage typewriters."

How to Use Typewriter

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe keyboard-and-print machine that computers eventually replaced for everyday writing.

Common pairings

a manual typewriter an electric typewriter

typewriters plural

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Can you complete this real example?

She still writes letters on an old manual _____.

A straightforward combination of "type" and "writer" — a machine that writes in type.

typographer

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typographer