carbon copy

n. Abbr. cc

a. A copy of a document made by using carbon paper.

b. A copy of a document made by using a photocopier or similar mechanism.

c. A copy of an electronic document sent to people in addition to the addressed recipient.

2. A person or thing that closely resembles another.

tr.v. carbon cop·ied, carbon cop·y·ing, carbon cop·ies

a. To reproduce (a document) as a carbon copy.

b. To send (an electronic document) as a carbon copy.

2. To designate (someone) as the recipient of a carbon copy: I carbon copied my lawyer on all of the correspondence regarding the contract.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

carbon copy

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a duplicate copy of writing, typewriting, or drawing obtained by using carbon paper. Often shortened to: carbon

2. informal a person or thing that is identical or very similar to another

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

car′bon cop′y

1. a duplicate, as of something typewritten, made with carbon paper.

2. any near or exact duplicate; replica.

[1890–95]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

carbon copy - a copy made with carbon paper

carbon

copy - a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"

carbon copy

noun

Something closely resembling another:

copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum.

Archaic: simulacre.

Law: counterpart.

Translations

نُسْخَه، وَرَقَةُ كَرْبون

průklepkopie

gennemslagkopi

Durchschlag

hiilikopio

carbone copie conforme

indigómásolat

afrit

copia

gjennomslag

prieklep

karbon kopyası

副本复写本

carbon copy

n (Typing) → copia (in carta carbone) (fig) → copia f carbone inv
he's a carbon copy of his father → è tutto suo padre, è la copia carbone di suo padre

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

carbon

(ˈkaːbən)

an element occurring as diamond and graphite and also in coal etc.

carbon copy

a copy of writing or typing made by means of carbon paper.

carbon dioxide (daiˈoksaid)

a gas present in the air, breathed out by man and other animals.

carbon monoxide (məˈnoksaid)

a colourless, very poisonous gas which has no smell. Carbon monoxide is given off by car engines.

carbon paper

a type of paper coated with carbon etc which makes a copy when placed between the sheets being written or typed.

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Washington, Nov 17 ( ANI ): The Taliban apparently needs a lesson in the difference between carbon copy (CC) and blind carbon copy (BCC), as a spokesperson of the militant group accidentally revealed the members of the group's mailing list.

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