1. noun
a) A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pression applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.
Please make a carbon copy of this contract for our records.
b) Any duplicate.
This new home is simply a carbon copy of the one down the street.
Syn: cc
2. verb
a) To create a carbon copy of.
Please carbon copy this contract for our records.
b) make a copy for, send a duplicate to, cc
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