Fax

Quick meaning: Fax is a noun meaning Ellipsis of fax machine (“the device for faxing; the medium of communication that it provides”).

Meaning

Ellipsis of fax machine (“the device for faxing; the medium of communication that it provides”).

More Meanings

1. A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.
2. To send a document via a fax machine.
3. (informal) Nonstandard form of facts.
4. (informal) Alternative form of facts (“used to express agreement”).
5. (obsolete or UK dialectal) The hair of the head.
6. (obsolete and derisively) The face.

Example Sentences

OK, now take it down the hall to the fax.

The fillok hyr deformyt fax wald haue a fair face.

You can send it via email or fax. You can use an online fax service where you upload a PDF and then send it to a fax number.

The details of his [Matthew Perrry's] relationship with Julia Roberts are so 1990s, it is unreal: he wooed her by fax (yes, kids, this was a thing).

Word Forms

• faxes
• faxxes
• faxing
• faxxing
• faxed
• faxxed

Synonyms for fax

Depending on context, synonyms include trufax, facsimile, telefax.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include facsimile, telefax, mailed, machine, photocopier, photocopy.

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