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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Stereotype

/stĕr'-ē-ət-īpˌ/ · Ste·re·o·type · IPA /ˈstɛɹ.i.əˌtaɪp/
01 n. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal…
  1. 1.
    A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
  2. 2.
    The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
Phrases & compounds
Stereotype block — a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.
02 v. t. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
imp. & p. p. Stereotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping
  1. 1.
    To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
    “Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.” — Duke of Argyll (1887).