First Known Use: 1880
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hectograph
noun hec·to·graph \-ˌgraf\
Definition of HECTOGRAPH
: a machine for making copies of a writing or drawing produced on a gelatin surface
— hectograph transitive verb
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Origin of HECTOGRAPH
German Hektograph, from hekto- hect- + -graph -graph
Rhymes with HECTOGRAPH
allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, cenotaph, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, kymograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, telegraph, thermograph, typograph
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