carbon copy

Speech parts

1. carbon copy - Noun

2. carbon copy - Verb

Meaning

a copy made with carbon paper

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

carbon-copy

Synonyms

carbon xerox same image match double equivalent parallel print copy reproduction twin replication counterpart replica

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Antonyms

contrast reverse contrary antithesis antipode black and white

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Hypernyms

copy

Examples

Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth. Azar Nafisi

I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares... or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination. Tony Benn

A guy told me he liked cherries... But... I waited to see if he was gonna say tomato... Before I realized he likes cherries just... All right, that joke is ridiculous. That's like a carbon copy of the previous joke but with different ingredients. I don't know what I was trying to pull off there. Mitch Hedberg

I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock. Hayley Williams

Above all, it’s instantly recognizable as a member of the Tesla family without being a carbon copy of another car. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carbon concentration carbon content carbon copies carbon cost Carbon County carbon cycle