Carbon Copy Definition
carbon-copies
noun
A copy, as of a letter, made with carbon paper.
Webster's New World
A copy of a document made by using a photocopier or similar mechanism.
American Heritage
Any person or thing very much like another.
Webster's New World
A copy of an electronic document sent to people in addition to the addressed recipient.
American Heritage
Any duplicate.
This new home is simply a carbon copy of the one down the street.
Wiktionary
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verb
To reproduce (a document) as a carbon copy.
American Heritage
To send (an electronic document) as a carbon copy.
American Heritage
To designate (someone) as the recipient of a carbon copy.
I carbon copied my lawyer on all of the correspondence regarding the contract.
American Heritage
To create a carbon copy of.
Please carbon copy this contract for our records.
Wiktionary
(Internet) To send a duplicate copy of a email to.
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Other Word Forms of Carbon Copy
Noun
Singular:
carbon copy
Plural:
carbon-copies
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