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type in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
"a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
character eccentric type case
- a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
"he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"
type
- a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
"what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
type
- all of the tokens of the same symbol
"the word `element' contains five different types of character"
type
- printed characters
"small type is hard to read"
type
- (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
type
verb- identify as belonging to a certain type
"Such people can practically be typed"
type typecast
- write by means of a keyboard with types
"type the acceptance letter, please"
type typewrite
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University