Fax Definition

făks
faxed, faxes
noun
faxes
A fax machine.
American Heritage
The transmission of graphic matter by electrical or electronic means, as over a telephone line, for reception and reproduction; facsimile.
Webster's New World
A document transmitted or received by a fax machine.
American Heritage
Graphic matter in the form of electronic data transmitted in this way, that has been reproduced by printing out or stored as a computer file.
Webster's New World
A device for producing such copies.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
faxed
To transmit by fax.
Webster's New World
To send to by fax.
Webster's New World
To send a document via a fax machine.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Of or for a fax.
Webster's New World
By fax.
A fax sales order.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fax

Noun

Singular:
fax
Plural:
faxes

Origin of Fax

  • From Middle English, from Old English feax (“hair, head of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *fahsą (“hair, mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱs- (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Dutch vas (“headhair”), German Fachs (“headhair”), Norwegian faks (“mane”), Icelandic fax (“mane”), Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pakṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortening and alteration of facsimile

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From facsimile, first attested 1979.

    From Wiktionary

Fax Sentence Examples

  • Petty tyrannies gave place to the great Fax Romana.

  • The rest of their conversation was taken up in directions to the house and instructions about the rental contract she would fax them.

  • To verify your eligibility, you'll need to fax in a copy of your government ID.

  • Using a fax machine to access your FirstClass mailbox, you can download your new fax messages.

  • Would you like the capability to check e-mail, fax and voicemail messages from one unified mailbox?

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Words Starting With

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