fax.
The hair of the head.
Meaning & usage
The hair of the head.
The face.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fax, from Old English feax (“hair, head of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *fahs, from Proto-Germanic *fahsą (“hair, mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“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 (“head-hair”), Norwegian faks (“mane”), Icelandic fax (“mane”), Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).
Ellipsis of fax machine (“the device for faxing; the medium of communication that it provides”).
OK, now take it down the hall to the fax.
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.
A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of facsimile. The use of the noun first appears c. 1946. The verb first appears c. 1979.
To send a document by means of a fax machine.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of facsimile. The use of the noun first appears c. 1946. The verb first appears c. 1979.
Nonstandard form of facts.
Where this word comes from
Formed with -x from facts; the pronunciation of facts and fax is identical in certain varieties of English.
Alternative form of facts (“used to express agreement”).
Where this word comes from
Formed with -x from facts; the pronunciation of facts and fax is identical in certain varieties of English.
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