TEST COPY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(printing) an impression made to check for errors

Synonyms:

proof; test copy; trial impression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("test copy" is a kind of...):

impression; printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time)

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "test copy"):

galley proof (a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages)

foundry proof (a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made)